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MARION    BUTLER. 
United  States  Senator. 


W.  A.  GUTHRIK, 
Populist  Candidate  for  Governor,  1896. 


I    }      BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES 


OF  THE 


Members  of  the  Legislature 


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NORTH  CAROLINA, 

SESSION  1897. 


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1897. 


INDEX. 


Ashburn,  Jesse  A 19 

Adams,  J.  P.  H 38 

Atwater,  John  W 36 

Bryan,  J.  0.  A 27 

Brown,  J.  W 32 

Bryan,  J.  E 33 

Barker,  R.  H.  W —    33 

Bingham,  Thomas 36 

Brower,  John  M 37 

Bailey,  W.  A 38 

Cook,  Charles  A 17 

Cuningham,  John  S 21 

Cuningham,  John  W 26 

Cannon,  Geo.  H 30 

Cowles,  Andrew  J 33 

Cnrrie,  Wm.  J _-    36 

Chilcutt,  B.  J 36 

Cathey,  James  H 37 

Carter,  Van.  B 37 

Crumpler,  R.  M 38 

Dixon,  B.  F 18 

Daniels,  Geo.  C 30 

Dickson,  J.  M 34 

Elliott,    Richard 37 

Ferrell,  J.   M _—  36 

Geddie,  John  McP 25 

Guthrie,  Wm.   A 25 

Grubbs,  J.  L 32 

Hodges,  Henry  Edgar 23 

Lyon,  J    E 30 

McNeill,  Milton  . 3r 

McCarthy,  W.T 35 

Moye,  Abram  J 34 

Mears,  Sidney ^5 

Merritt.  William 38 

Odom,  W.  H 22 

Ormsby,  W.  P 24 

Parker,  J.  H 37 

Person,  B.  T 35 

Parker,  Edward  S 31 

Petree,  R.  J _ .:    __.  37 

Robeson,  E.  N 36 

Reynolds,  J.  A 36 

Sharpe,  A.  Clayton 39 

Somers,  C.  H 38 

Schulken.  J.  B . 37 

Shore,  Sidney,  F   20 

Scales,  A.  M 34 

Sharp,  John  T 37 

Shaw,  A 38 

Wilson,  S.   M 24 

White,  Stephen ._.. 38 

Walker.  J.  A .__.    35 

Whidbee,  J.  h 35 

Wrenn,  h.  L, 37 

Ward,  Maury 37 

White,  King  W 38 

Yeager,  W.  B 34 


PREFACE. 

The  history  of  all  public  men  belongs  to  the  people,  and 
should  be  of  record. 

In  the  following  pages  there  is  no  attempt  to  make  history, 
but  simply  to  record  facts  obtainable.  The  publisher  regrets 
that  repeated  effort  has  failed  to  get  from  some  Members  the 
necessary  data  to  make  this  book  what  it  was  intended  to  be — 
a  brief  history  of  ALL  the  Members  in  the  Session  of  '97.  It 
is  hoped,  however,  that  it  will  bear  favorable  comparison  with 
any  former  work  of  its  kind  published  in  the  State,  both  in 
matter  and  workmanship. 

The  work  has  been  gotten  out  on  subscription  largely,  and 
the  publisher  is  barely  compensated  for  the  outlay  in  time  and 
money,  to  say  nothing  of  profits. 

I  have  included  information,  not  promised  in  the  prospectus, 
concerning  the  State  Government  (corrected  to  the  moment  of 
going  to  press),  which  I  trust  will  prove  of  interest  to  my  pa- 
trons. 

It  is  unfortunate  that  Senators  and  Representatives  should, 
from  false  modesty  or  other  causes,  not  have  availed  themselves 
more  generally  of  the  exceedingly  low  rates,  and  given  to  their 
constituents  and  friends  more  extended  sketches  of  their  lives. 
The  fault  lies  not  with  the  publisher,  who  submits  this  book  to 
a  discriminating  public  without  further  apology. 

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BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES 

OF   THE 

MEMBERS  of  the  LEGISLATURE 

SESSION  1897. 


GOVERNORS  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA. 

{Elected  by  the  General  Assembly.) 

Elected.  Name.  County.  Died. 

1776 Richard  Caswell Lenoir 1789 

1779 Abner  Nash Craven 1789 

1781 Thomas  Burke Orange 1783 

1782 Alexander  Martin  Guilford 1807 

1784 Richard  Caswell Lenoir 1789 

1787 Samuel  Johnston Chowan   1816 

1789 Alexander  Martin Guilford 1807 

1792 Richard  Dobbs  Speight,  Sr Craven 1802 

1795 Samuel  Ashe  New  Hanover 1813 

1798 Wm.  R.Davie Halifax 1820 

1799 Benjamin  Williams Moore 1814 

1802 John  B.  Ashe Halifax 1802 

1802 James  Turner Warren 1824 

1805 Nathaniel  Alexander Mecklenburg 1808 

1807 Benjamin  Williams Moore 1814 

1808 David  Stone Bertie 1818 

1810 Benjamin  Smith Brunswick 1829 

1811 William  Hawkins Warren 1819 

1814 William  Miller Warren 1826 

1817 John  Branch Halifax 1863 

1820 Jesse  Franklin Surry 1824 

1821 Gabriel  Holmes  .    Sampson   1829 

1824 Hutchins  G.  Burton Halifax 1836 

1827 James  Iredell Chowan   1853 

1828 John  Owen Bladen 1841 

1830 Montford  Stokes Wilkes 1842 

1832 David  I,.  Swain Buncombe 1868 

1835 Richard  Dobbs  Speight,  Jr  ___   ---Craven 1850 

{Elected  by  the  People.) 

1837 Edward  B.  Dudley New  Hanover 1855 

1841 John  M.  Morehead Guilford 1866 

1845 William  A.  Graham Orange 1875 

1849 Charles  Manly Wake 1871 

1851 David  S.  Reid Rockingham 1891 

1854 Warren  Winslow  {ex-officio) Cumberland 1862 


LEGISLATIVE   SKETCHES. 


1855 Thomas  Bragg Northampton 1872 

1859 John  W.  Ellis Rowan 1861 

1861   Henry  T.  Clark  (ex-officio) Edgecombe 1874 

1862 Zeb.  B.  Vance     Buncombe 1894 

1865  W.  W.  Holden  (Provisional) Wake  .__    .  „    1892 

1865 Jonathan  Worth   Randolph 1869 

1868 W.  W.  Holden  Wake  , 1892 

1870 Tod  R.  Caldwell Burke  1874 

1874 Curtis  H.  Brogdeu  {ex -officio)    Wayne     

1877 Zeb.  B.  Vance Buncombe 1894 

1879 T.  J.  Jarvis Pitt     ..    .   

1885 Alfred  M.  Scales Rockingham  1892 

1889 Daniel  G.  Fowle  __.  Wake    ._.    1891 

1891 Thomas  M.  Holt  (ex-officio)    .  -Alamance  1896 

1893 Elias  Carr _„    Edgecombe   -. 

1897 Daniel  L.  Russell New  Hanover 


GOVERNMENT  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA— 1897-1901 . 

EXECUTIVE   DEPARTMENT. 

Daniel  L.  Russell,  of  New  Hanover  County,  Governor ;  salary  $3,000, 
and  furnished  house,  fuel  and  lights. 

A.    Reynolds,   of  Forsyth  County,    Lieutenant  Governor  and 
Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Cyrus  Thompson,  of  Onslow  County,  Secretary  of  State  ;  salary  $2,000 
and  fees ;  $1,000  additional  assistance. 

Hal  W.  Ayer,  of  Wake  County,  Auditor;  salary  $1,500;  $1,000  addi- 
tional for  clerical  assistance, 

William  H.  Worth,  of  Wake  County,  Treasurer  ;  salary  $3,000. 

Charles  H.  Mebane,  of  Catawba  County,  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction ;  salary  $1,500;  $500  per  annum  additional  traveling  expenses. 

Zeb.  Vance  Walser,  of  Davidson  County,  Attorney  General;  salary 
$2,000. 

R.  T.  Gray,  Reporter  to  Supreme  Court;  salary  $750. 

Andrew  J.  Cowles,  of  Iredell  County,  Adjutant  General;  salary  $600. 

J.  C.  Ellington,  of  Johnston  County,  State  Librarian  ;  salary  $1,000. 

C.  M.  Roberts,  of  Vance  County,  Superintendent  of  Public  Buildings 
and  Grounds;  salary  $850. 

J.  C.  S.  Lumsden,  State  Standard  Keeper;  salary  $100. 

University  of  North  Carolina. 

(Located  in  Chapel  Hill,  Orange  County,  twenty-eight  miles  northwest 
of  Raleigh). 

Chartered  in  1789,  founded  1793,  opened  1795.  It  now  has  in  all  de- 
partments 539  students,  and  thirty-five  instructors.  The  equipment  in- 
cludes twelve  large  buildings,  five  scientific  laboratories,  library  of  40,- 
000  volumes,  campus  of  fifty  acres  with  ample  athletic  grounds,  gym- 
nasium, etc.  Law  school  and  medical  school.  A  summer  school  for 
teachers  is  conducted  each  July. 

Faculty.— Edwin  Anderson  Alderman,  D.  C.  L.,  President  and  Pro- 
fessor of  Political  and  Social  Science;  Kemp  Plummer  Battle,  LL.  D., 
Professor  of  History;  Francis  Preston  Venable,  Ph.  D..  Professor  of 
General  and  Analytical  Chemistry  ;  Joseph  Austin  Holmes,  B.  S.,  State 
Geologist  and  Lecturer  on  Geology  of  North  Carolina  ;  Joshua  Walker 
Gore,  C.  E.,  Professor  of  Natural  Philosophy  ;  John  Manning,  LL.  D., 
Professor  of  Law ;  Thomas  Hume,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Professor  of  the  Eng- 
lish Language  and  Literature  ;  Walter  Dallam  Toy,  M.  A.,  Professor  of 


SESSION   OF    1897. 


Modern  Languages;  Eben  Alexander,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Professor  of  the 
Greek  Language  and  Literature  (on  leave  of  absence);  William  Cain,  C. 
E.,  Professor  of  Mathematics;  Richard  Henry  Whitehead,  M.  D.,  Pro- 
fessor of  Anatomy  and  Pathology;  Henry  Horace  Williams,  A.  M.,  B.  D., 
Professor  of  Mental  and  Normal  Science;  Henry  Van  Peters  Wilson,  Ph. 
D.,  Professor  of  Biology  ;  Karl  Pomeroy  Harrington,  A.  M.,  Professor 
of  the  Latin  Languages  and  Literature;  James  E.  Shepherd,  LL.  D., 
ex-Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  North  Carolina,  Associate 
Professor  of  Common  and  Statute  Law  and  Equity  in  Summer  School ; 
Collier  Cobb,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  Geology  ;  Francis  Kingsley  Ball,  Ph. 
D.,  Professor  of  Greek  ;  Charles  Baskerville,  Ph.  D.,  Assistant  Professor 
of  Chemistry;  Charles  Staples  Mangum,  A.  B.  Professor  of  Physiology 
and  Materia  Medica  ;  Clinton  White  Toms,  Professor  of  Pedagogy  ; 
George  Phineas  Butler,  B.  E.,  Instructor  in  Mathematics;  Samuel  May, 
A.  B.,  instructor  in  Modern  Languages;  Henry  Farrar  Linscott,  A.  B., 
Instructor  in  Latin  ;  William  Robert  Webb,  Jr.,  A.  B.,  Instructor  in  Eng- 
lish; William  Cunningham  Smith,  Ph.  B.,  Instructor  in  Pedagogies; 
Harry  Ellsworth  Mechling,  Director  of  Gymnasium  ;  Robert  Ervin  Coke, 
S.  B.,  Assistant  in  Biology  ;  George  Hughes  Kirby,  S.  B.,  Assistant  in 
Biology;  Arthur  Williams  Belden,  Assistant  in  Chemistry;  John  Gil- 
christ McCormick,  Assistant  in  Geology  ;  Arch  Turner  Allen,  Assis- 
tant in  Physics ;  Stanford  Hunter  Harris,  Assistant  in  Chemistry;  Col- 
lier Cobb,  A,  M.,  Secretary  of  Faculty  ;  Francis  Kingsley  Ball,  Ph.  D,, 
Supervisor  of  Library  ;  Benjamin  Wyche,  Litt.  B.,  Librarian;  Eugene 
Lewis  Harris,  Ph.  B.,  Registrar;  WTillie  Thomas  Patterson,  Bursar. 


PUBLIC  WORKS  AND  INSTITUTIONS  IN  NORTH  CAROLINA. 

North  Carolina  Department  of  Agriculture. 

(Located  at  Raleigh,  in  a  building  especially  arranged  for  the  purpose, 
immediately  north  of  Capitol  Square). 

OFFICERS. — S.  L.  Patterson,  Commissioner;  T.  K.  Bruner,  Secretary  ; 
H.  B.  Battle,  Ph.  D.,  Chemist  and  Director  of  Experiment  Station. 

N.  C.  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  including  the  Fertilizer  Control  Station 
and  State  Weather  Service,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

The  officers  of  the  Station  are:  H.  B.  Battle,  Ph.  D.,  Director  and 
State  Chemist  ;  F.  E.  Emery,  B.  S.,  Agriculturist;  Gerald  McCarthy,  B. 
Sc,  Botanist  and  Entomologist ;  W.  F.  Massey,  C.  E.,  Horticulturist; 
C.  F.  von  Herrmann,  U.  S.  Weather  Bureau,  Meteorologist;  F.  P.  Wil- 
liamson, D.  V.  S.,  Consulting  Veterinarian;  B.  W.  Kilgore,  M.  S.,  As- 
sistant Chemist ;  F.  B.  Carpenter,  B.  S.,  Assistant  Chemist;  W.  M.  Allen, 
Assistant  Chemist;  C.  B.  Williams,  B.  S., Assistant  Chemist;  Roscoe  Nunn, 
U.S.  Weather  Bureau,  Assistant  Meteorologist;  Alex.  Rhodes,  Assis- 
tant Horticulturist;  A.  F.  Bowen,  Secretary. 

N.  C.  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts. 

Faculty  and  Officers.— Alexander  Q.  Holladay,  President  ;  W.  F. 
Massey,  C.  E.,  Professor  of  Horticulture,  Arboriculture  and  Botany;  W. 
A.  Withers,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  Pure  and  Agricultural  Chemistry  ;  D.  H. 
Hill,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  English  ;  B.  Irby,  M.  S..  Professor  of  Agri- 
culture ;  W,  C.  Riddick,  A.  B.,  C.  E.,  Professor  of  Mechanics  and  Ap- 
plied Mathematics  ;  Lieut.  John  Gresham,  4th  U.  S.  Cavalry,  Professor  of 
Military  Tactics  and  Physics  ;  R.  E.  L.  Yates,  A.  M.,  Adjunct  Professor 


LEGISLATIVE  SKETCHES. 


of  Mathematics  ;  F.  E.  Emery,  B.  S.,  Assistant  Professor  of  Agriculture  ; 
Charles  M.  Pritchett,  B.  S.,  Instructor  in  Mechanics;  Charles  B.  Park, 
Instructor  in  Practical  Mechanics ;  L.  T.  Yarborough,  and  C.  E.  Pear- 
son, Assistants  in  Shops  ;  S.  E.  Asbury,  B.  S.,  Instructor  in  Chemistry; 
B.  S.  Skinner,  Assistant  in  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  Practice;  B. 
F.  Walton,  B.  S.,  Assistant  in  Dairy  ;  Professor  Withers,  Secretary  of 
the  Faculty ;  Professor  Hill,  Bursar;  Mr.  Skinner,  Superintendent  of 
the  Farm ;  Mrs.  Sue  C.  Carroll,  Matron  ;  J.  R.  Rogers,  M.  D.,  Physician. 

North  Carolina  Agricultural  Society. 

OFFICERS. — Benehan  Cameron,  President,  Durham;  John  Nichols, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Raleigh. 

Vice-Presidents.—  (Permanent)— Hon.  Kemp  P.  Battle,  Orange;  R. 
H.  Battle,  Wake. 

Officers  N.  C.  State  Penitentiary. 

A.  Leazar,  Superintendent;  John  M.  Fleming,  Warden;  William  Led- 
better,  Deputy  Warden  ;  J.  W.  McGee,  Physician  ;  J.  J.  Bernard,  Clerk. 

North  Carolina  Institution  for  the  Blind. 

The  North  Carolina  Institution  for  the  Blind  is  located  at  Raleigh. 
OFFICERS.— John  E.  Ray,  Principal;  Dr  .  Hubert  Haywood,  of  Raleigh, 
Physician;  W.  H.  Rand,  Steward;  W.  H.Worth,  ex  officio,  Treasurer. 

North  Carolina  School  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb. 

Located  at  Morganton,  N.  C. 

OFFICERS. — E.  McK.  Goodwin,  Superintendent;  George  L.  Phifer, 
Steward;  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Malone,  Matron;  E.  S.  Walton,  Deputy  Treas- 
urer. 

North  Carolina  Insane  Asylum. 

(Situated  in  the  vicinity  of  Raleigh,  and  will  accommodate  four  hun- 
dred patients.) 

OFFICERS.— W.  H.  Worth,  ex  officio,  Treasurer;  W.  T.  Smith,  Esq., 
Keeper  of  Records. 

Resident  OFFICERS. — Dr.  George  L.  Kirby,  Superintendent;  Dr.  J. 
A.  Faison,  ist  Assistant  Physician;  Dr.  R.  S.  McGeachey,  2d  Assistant 
Physician;  W.  R.  Crawford,' Jr.,  Steward;  Mrs.  M.  A.  Whitaker,  Matron. 

The  State  Hospital,  Morganton, 
Officers  —P.  L.  Murphy,  M.  D.,  Superintendent;  Isaac  M.  Taylor, 
M.  D.,  Assistant  Physician ;'T.  S.  Mott,   M.  D.,   Assistant  Physician;   F. 
M.  Scroggs,  Steward;  Mrs.  C.  A.  Marsh,  Matron. 

Eastern  Hospital,  Goldsboro,  for  Colored  People. 
J.  F.  Miller,  M.  D.,  Superintendent;  W.  W.  Faison,   M.  D.,  Assistant 
Physician;  Daniel  Reid,  Steward;  Mrs.  B.  V.  Smith,  Matron. 

Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics. 

B.  R.  Lacy,  Wake  County,  Commissioner;  W.  E.  Faison,  Wake  County, 
Clerk.     Office  in  the  Supreme  Court  Building. 

N.   C.   Board  of  Railroad  Commissioners. 

Commissioners.— J.  W.  Wilson,  Burke  County,  Chairman;  E.  C.  Bed- 
dingfield,  Wake  County;  S.  Otho  Wilson,  Wake  County.  H.  C.  Brown, 
Surry  County,  Clerk. 

Regular  sessions  of  the  Court  are  held  at  Raleigh.  Special  sessions 
are  also  held  at  other  places,  under  such  regulations  as  are  made  by  the 
Commissioners. 

Offices  of  the  Commissioners  are  located  in  the  Agricultural  Building. 


SESSION   OF    1897.  9 

North  Carolina  Geological  Survey. 

Jos.  A.  Holmes,  State  Geologist;  H.  B.  C.  Nitze,  Assistant  Geologist  ; 
J.  V.  Lewis,  Assistant  Geologist ;  W.  W.  Ashe,  Forester. 

State   Museum. 

In  the  Agricultural  Building  at  Raleigh,  under  the  control  of  the  Board 
of  Agriculture.  Jos.  A.  Holmes  and  T.  K.  Bruner,  Directors  ;  H.  H. 
Brimley,  Curator. 

Medical  Board  of  Examiners  of  North  Carolina, 
Dr.  W.  H.  Whitehead,  Rocky  Mount,  President ;   Dr.  L.  J.  Picot,  Lit- 
tleton, Secretary  ;  Dr.  George  W.   Long,  Graham  ;   Dr.  H.  B.  Weaver, 
Asheville;  Dr.  Julian  M.  Baker,  Tarboro ;  Dr.  J.  M.  Hays,  Greensboro  ; 
Dr.  Thomas  S.  Burbank.  Wilmington. 

North  Carolina  Board  of  Health. 

George  G.  Thomas,  M.  D.,  Wilmington;  S.  Westray  Battle,  M.  D., 
Asheville;  W.  H.  Harrell,  M.  D.,  Williamston  ;  W.  P.  Beall,  M.  D., 
Greensboro  ;  W.  J.  Lumsden,  M.  D.,  Elizabeth  Citv  ;  John  Whitehead, 
M.  D.,  Salisbury  ;  F.  P.  Venable,  Ph.  D.,  Chapel  Hill  ;  J.  C.  Chase,  Civil 
Engineer,  Wilmington;  Richard  H.  Lewis,  M.  D.,  Raleigh,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer. 

Board  of  Public  Charities  of  North  Carolina. 
Chas.  Duffy,  M.  D.,  Chairman,  Craven  County;  Lawrence  J.  Haugh- 
ton,   Chatham  County;  Wesley  N.  Jones,  Wake  County;   William  A. 
Blair,  Forsyth  County;  S.  W.  Reid,   Mecklenburg  County;  C.  B.  Den- 
son,  Wake  County,  Secretary. 

State  Normal  and  Industrial  School,  Greensboro. 

Charles  D.  Mclver,  A.  B.,  Litt  D.,  President;  Miss  Sue  May  Kirkland, 
Lady  Principal;  E.J.  Forney,  Bursar;  Annie  M.  Petty,  Librarian;  Mrs. 
W.  P.  Carraway,  Matron. 


SUPREME  COURT  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA. 

William  T.  Faircloth,  of  Wayne,  Chief  Justice  ;  Robert  M.  Douglass, 
of  Guilford  County  ;  Walter  Clark,  of  Wake  County  ;  David  M.  Furches, 
of  Iredell  County,  and  Walter  A.  Montgomery,  of  Wake  County,  Asso- 
ciate Justices.     Salary  $2,500  each. 

Thos.  S.  Kenan,  Clerk,  salary  $300  and  fees. 

Robert  T.  Gray,  Reporter,  salary  $750. 

Robert  H.  Bradley,  Marshal  and  Librarian,  salary  $1,000. 

J.  L.  Seawell,  office  Clerk. 

The  Court  meets  in  Raleigh  ou  the  first  Monday  in  February,  and  the 
last  Monday  in  September  of  each  year. 

Spring  Term — 1st  Judicial  District,  February  1st  ;  2d  District,  Febru- 
ary 8th  ;  3d  District,  February  15th  ;  4th  District.  February  22d ;  5th 
District,  March  1st ;  6th  District,  March  8th  ;  7th  District,  March  15th  ; 
8th  District,  March  22d  ;  9th  District,  March  29th;  10th  District,  April 
5th  ;   nth  District,  April  12th  ;   12th  District,  April  19th. 

Fall  Term — 1st  District,  September  27th  ;  2d  District,  October  4th;  3d 
District,  October  nth;  4th  District,  October  18th  ;  5th  District,  October 
25th;  6th  District.  November  1st;  7th  District,  November  8th  ;  8th  Dis- 
trict, November  15th  ;  9th  District,  November  22d  ;  10th  District,  Novem- 
ber 29th  ;   nth  District,  December  6th ;  12th  District,  December  13th. 

Applicants  for  license  to  practice  law  are  examined  on  Monday,  the 
first  day  of  each  term. 


IO  LEGISLATIVE   SKETCHES. 


UNITED  STATES  SUPREME  COURT. 

Chief  Justice,  Melville  W.  Fuller,  $10,500. 

There  are  eight  Associate  Justices,  who  each  receive  $10,000  a  year 
salary,  as  follows  :  Stephen  Johnson  Field,  John  Marshal  Harlan,  Hor- 
ace Gray,  David  Josiah  Brewer,  Henrv  Billings  Brown,  George  Shiras, 
Jr.,  Edward  D.  White,  Rufus  W.  Peckham. 

SUPERIOR  COURTS  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA  FOR  1897. 

JUDGES — 1.  George  H.  Brown,  Washington;  2.  Henry  R.  Bryan,  New- 
bern;  3.  E.  W.  Timberlake,  Louisburg;  4.  W.  S.  O'B.  Robinson,  Golds- 
boro;  5.  Spencer  B.  Adams,  Yance37ville;  6.  Oliver  H.  Allen,  Kinston; 
7.  James  D.  Mclver,  Carthage;  8.  Albert  L,.  Coble,  Statesville;  9.  Henry 
R.  Starbuck,  Winston;  10.  Leander  L.  Green,  Boone;  n.  W.  Alexander 
Hoke,  Lincolnton;  12.  W.  L.  Norwood,  Waynesville. 

Solicitors— 1.  W.  J.  Leary,  Elizabeth  City;  2.  W.  E.  Daniel,  Weldon; 
3.  C.  M.  Bernard,  Greenville;  4.  Edward  W.  Pou,  Jr.,  Smithfield;  5.  W. 
P.  Bynum,  Jr.,  Greensboro;  6.  Milton  C.  Richardson,  Clinton;  7.  H.  F. 
Seawell,  Carthage;  8.  J.  Q.  Holton,  Yadkinville;  9.  M.  L.  Mott,  Wilkes- 
boro;  10.  J.  F.  Spainhour,  Lenoir;  11.  J.  L.  Webb,  Shelby;  12.  George 
A.  Jones,  Franklin. 

CRIMINAL  COURTS. 

Eastern  District.— Judge:  Oliver  P.  Mears,  Wilmington.  New  Han- 
over, Warren,  Vance,  Edgecombe,  Craven,  Halifax,  Mecklenburg  and 
Robeson. 

Western    District.— Judge:   Hamilton   G.    Ewart,    Hendersonville. 

Buncombe,  Haywood,  Madison  and  Henderson. 

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U.  S.  CIRCUIT  AND  DISTRICT  COURTS. 

Charles  H.  Simonton,  Charleston,  S.  C,  Judge  of  Fourth  Circuit  of 
United  States  Courts. 

Nathan  Goff,  West  Virginia,  Judge  of  United  States  Circuit  Court  of 
Appeals  for  Fourth  District. 

Western  District. — R.  P.  Dick,  Greensboro,  Judge;  R.  B.  Glenn, 
District  Attorney;  D.  A.  Covington,  Assistant  Attorney. 

Eastern  District. — A.  S.  Seymour,  Judge;  C.  B.  Aycock,  Goldsboro, 
District  Attorney;  Sol.  C.  Weil,  Wilmington,  Assistant  Attorney. 

N.   C    REPRESENTATIVES  IN  CONGRESS. 

Senate. — Jeter  C.  Pritchard;  term  expires  4th  March,  1903.  Marion 
Butler;  term  expires  4th  March,  1901. 

House  OF  Representatives.  —  1st  District,  Harry  Skinner,  Populist; 
2d  District,  George  H.  White,  Rep.;  3d  District,  John  E.  Fowler,  Pop.; 
4th  District,  W.  F.  Stroud,  Pop.;  5th  District,  W.  W.  Kitchen,  Dem.; 
6th  District,  Chas.  H.  Martin,  Pop.;  7th  District,  A.  C.  Shuford,  Pop.; 
8th  District,  R.  Z.  Linney,  Rep.;  9th  District,  Richmond  Pearson,  Rep. 


SESSION   OF    1897.  II 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OE  NORTH  CAROLINA 
FOR  1897-98. 

A.  F.  HILEMAN,  of  Cabarrus  County,  Speaker, 
senate. 

First  District — Currituck,  Camden,  Pasquotank,  Hertford,  Gates, 
Chowan  and  Perquimans — two  Senators:  John  F.  Newsome,  Pop.,  Win- 
ton;  J.  L.  Whidbee,  Rep.,  Hertford. 

Second  District — Tyrrell,  Washington,  Martin,  Dare,  Beaufort,  Hyde 
and  Pamlico — two  Senators:  T.  E.  McCaskey,  Pop.,  Dardens;  N.  B. 
Yeager,  Rep.,  Plymouth. 

Third  District — Northampton  and  Bertie — one  Senator:  J.  M.  Early, 
Pop.,  Aulander. 

Fourth  District— Halifax -one  Senator:  E.  T.  Clark,  Pop.,  Weldon. 

Fifth  District — Edgecombe— one  Senator:  Lee  W.  Person,  Rep.,  Rocky 
Mount. 

Sixth  District — Pitt— one  Senator:     A.  J.  Move,  Pop.,  Farmville. 

Seventh  District — Wilson,  Nash  and  Franklin — two  Senators:  J.  F. 
Mitchell,  Pop.,  Frankliuton;  J.  T.  Sharp,  Rep.,  Elm  City. 

Eighth  District — Craven,  Jones,  Carteret,  Lenoir,  Greene  and  Onslow — 
two  Senators:  G.  L.  Hardison,  Pop.,  Thurmau;  \V.  T.  McCarthy,  Rep., 
Newbern. 

Ninth  District — Duplin,  Wayne  and  Pender — two  Senators:  R.  G. 
Maxwell,  Pop.,  Outlaw's  Bridge;  H.  L.  Grant,  Rep.,  Goldsboro. 

Tenth  District — New  Hanover  and  Brunswick — one  Senator:  Geo.  H. 
Cannon,  Pop.,  Town  Creek. 

Eleventh  District — Warren  and  Vance — one  Senator:  W.  B.  Hender- 
son, Rep.,  Henderson. 

Twelfth  District — Wake — oneSenator:  C.  H.  Utley, Pop., Holly  Springs. 

Thirteenth  District— Johnston — one  Senator:  E.  S.  A  bell,  Dem., 
Smithfield. 

Fourteenth  District — Sampson,  Harnett  and  Bladen— two  Senators: 
Geo.  E.  Butler,  Pop.,  Clinton;  E.  N.  Roberson,   Pop.,  Tar  Heel. 

Fifteenth  District — Columbus  and  Robeson — two  Senators  :  Angus 
Shaw,  Pop.,  Maxton;J.  D.  Maultsby,  Rep.,  Whiteville. 

Sixteenth  District — Cumberland — one  Senator  :  John  McP.  Geddy, 
Pop.,  Cedar  Creek. 

Seventeenth  District— Granville  and  Person — one  Senator:  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Merritt,  Pop.,  Bethel  Hill. 

Eighteenth  District — Caswell,  Alamance,  Orange  and  Durham — two 
Senators:    J.  E.  Lyon,  Pop.,  Durham;  E.  S.  Parker,  Dem.,  Graham. 

Nineteenth  District — Chatham  — one  Senator:  John  W.  Atwater,  Pop., 
Rialto. 

Twentieth  District — Rockingham — one  Senator:  J.  A.  Walker,  Pop., 
Monroeton. 

Twenty-first  District— Guilford— one  Senator:  Alfred  M.  Scales,  Dem., 
Greensboro. 

Twenty-second  District— Randolph  and  Moore— one  Senator:  D.  Reid 
Parker,  Pop.,  Trinity. 

Twenty-third  District— Richmond,  Montgomery,  Anson  and  Union — 
two  Senators:  W.  H.  Odom,  Pop.,  Wadesboro;  D.  A.  Patterson,  Pop., 
Rockingham. 

Twenty-fourth  District— Cabarrus  and  Stanly— one  Senator:  C.  D. 
Barringer,  Dem.,  Mt.  Pleasant. 

Twenty-fifth  District— Mecklenburg— one  Senator:  Dr.  J.  B.  Alexan- 
der, Pop.,  Charlotte. 


12  LEGISLATIVE  SKETCHES. 


Twenty-sixth  District — Rowan,  Davidson  and  Forsyth — two  Senators: 
S.  A.  Earnhardt,  Pop.,  Salisbury;  John  A.  Ramsey,  Rep.,  Salisbury. 

Twenty-seventh  District — Iredell,  Davie  and  Yadkin — two  Senators: 
A.  C.  Sharpe,  Rep.,  Fancy  Hill;  S.  F.  Shore,  Rep.,  Shore. 

Twenty-eighth  District— Stokes  and  Surry — one  Senator:  Rev.  Jesse 
A.  Ashburn,  Rep.,  Pilot  Mountain. 

Twenty-ninth  District — Catawba,  Lincoln,  Wilkes  and  Alexander — two 
Senators:  R.  H.  W.  Barker,  Pop.,  Harvey;  Milton  McNeill,  Rep., 
Wilkesboro. 

Thirtieth  District — Alleghany,  Ashe  and  Wautauga— one  Senator:  J. 
M.  Dixon,  Rep.,  Idol. 

Thirty-first  District— Caldwell,  Burke,  McDowell,  Mitchell  and  Yan- 
cey— two  Senators:  E.  F.  Wakefield,  Pop.,  Lenoir;  James  L.  Hyatt, 
Rep.,  Mica. 

Thirty-second  District— Gaston,  Cleveland,  Rutherford  and  Polk — two 
Senators:  J.  T.  Anthony,  Dem.,  Shelby;  M.  H.  Justice,  Dem.,  Ruther- 
ford ton. 

Thirty-third  District— Buncombe,  Madison  and  Haywood — two  Sena- 
tors :  W.  W.  Rollins,  Rep.,  Asheville ;  George  H.  Smathers,  Rep., 
Waynesville. 

Thirty-fourth  District — Henderson ,  Transylvania,  Jackson  and  Swain — 
one  Senator:     H.  S.  Anderson,  Rep.,  Hendersonville. 

Thirty-fifth  District — Macon,  Cherokee,  Clay  and  Graham — one  Sena- 
tor:    Frank  Ray,  Dem.,  Franklin. 

HOUSE. 

Alamance — S.  A.  White,  Rep.,  Mebane. 
Alexander— J.  W.  Watts,  Dem.,  Taylorsville. 
Alleghany — H    F.  Jones,  Pop.,  Sparta. 
Anson— James  F.  Leak,  Dem.,  Wadesboro. 
Ashe — Spencer  Blackburn,  Rep.,  Jefferson. 
Beaufort— H.  E.  Hodges,  Pop.,  Mineola. 
Bertie— K.  W.  White/ Rep.,  Windsor. 
Bladen — Sidney  Meares,  Rep.,  Ciarkton. 
Brunswick— W.  W.  Drew,  Pop.,  El  Paso. 

Buncombe— V.  S.  Lusk,  Rep.,  Asheville;  W.  G.  Candler,  Pop.,  Candler. 
Burke — John  H.  Pearson,  (Silver),  Morganton. 
Cabarrus — A.  F.  Hileman,  Pop  ,  Concord. 
Caldwell — J.  L.  Nelson,  Dem.,  Lenoir. 
Camden— James  E.  Burgess.  Rep.,  Old  Trap. 
Carteret — E.  C.  Duncan,  Rep.,   Beaufort. 
Caswell— C.  J.  Yarborough,  Pop.,  Locust  Hill. 
Catawba— L.  R.  Whiteuer,  Pop.,  Hickory. 
Chowan— Richard  Elliott,  Rep.,  Cisco. 

Chatham— J.  E.  Bryan,  Pop.,  Moncure;  L.  L.  Wrenn,  Rep.,Siler  City. 
Cherokee— D.  W.  Dewesse,  Rep.,  Murphy. 
Clay— W.  F.  Plott,  Pop.,  Warner. 

Cleveland — Dr.  B.  F.  Dixon,  Dem..  Kings  Mountain. 
Columbus— J.  B.  Schulken,  Pop.,  Whiteville. 
Craven — Robert  Hancock,  Rep.,  Newbern. 

Cumberland— Thos.  H.  Sutton,  Rep.,  Fayetteville  ;  W.  P.  Wemyss, 
Rep.,  Fayetteville. 

Currituck — W.  H.  Gallop,  Dem.,  Harbinger. 
Dare— George  C.  Daniels,  Rep.,  Wauche.se. 
Davidson — J.  R.  McCreary,  Rep.,  Lexington. 
Davie— W.  A.  Bailey,  Rep.,  Advance. 
Duplin — Maury  Ward,  Pop.,  Joford. 
Durham— J.  W.  Umstead,  Dem.,  Flat  River. 


SESSION   OF    1897.  13 

Edgecombe — J.  H.  Dancy,  Rep.,  Tarboro;  E.  Bryan,  Rep.,  Tarboro. 

Forsyth — J.  L.  Grubb,  Rep.,  Walkertown;  W.  P.  Ormsby,  Rep.,  Salem. 

Franklin — W.  T.  Barrow,  Pop.,  Youngsville. 

Gaston — S.  M.  Wilson,  Dem.,  Gastoma. 

Gates — T.  H.  Rountree,  Pop.,  Druanan. 

Graham— John  Dayton,  Rep.,  Robbinsville. 

Granville — John  King,  Pop.,  Buchanan;  W.  H.  Crews,  Rep.,  Oxford. 

Greene — W.  R.  Dixon,  Pop.,  Farmville. 

Guilford— John  T.  Burch,  Dem.,  Oak  Ridge;  B.  G.  Chilcutt,  Rep., 
Brown's  Summit. 

Halifax — Scotland  Harris,  Rep.,  Littleton;  J.  H.  Arrington,  Rep., 
Halifax. 

Harnett— L.  B.  Chapin,  Rep.,  Summerville. 

Haywood — James  Ferguson,  Dem.,  Waynesville. 

Henderson — J.  B.  Freeman,  Rep.,  Fruitland. 

Hertford— Starkey  Hare,  Rep.,  Tunis. 

Hyde — John  G.  Harris,  Pop.,  Fairfield. 

Iredell— J.  R.  McLelland,  Dem.,  Mooresville;  J.  A.  Hartness,  Dem., 
Statesville. 

Jackson — J.  B.  Enslev,  Rep.,  Beta. 

Johnston — C.  W.  Smith,  Dem.,  Princeton;  C.  M.  Creech,  Dem.,  Clayton. 

Jones — H.  F.  Brown,  Pop.,  Tuckahoe, 

Lenoir — E.  P.  Hauser,  Pop.,  Kinston. 

Lincoln — L.  A.  Abernethy,  Pop.,  Macpelah. 

Macon— Dr.  S.  H.  Lyle,  Dem.,  Franklin. 

Madison— J.  W.  Roberts,  Rep.,  Marshall. 

Martin — C.  C.  Fagan,  Pop.,  Dardeu. 

McDowell— W.  A.  Conley,  Dem.,  Marion. 

Mecklenburg — W.  P.  Craven,  Pop.,  Bristow;  W.  B.  Williamson,  Rep., 
W.  S.  Clanton,  Rep. 

Mitchell — Rev.  L.  H.  Green,  Rep.,  Bakersville. 

Montgomery — J.  A.  Reynolds,  Pop.,  Okeweeme. 

Moore— Rev.  W.  H.  H.  Lawhoru,  Dem.,  Carthage. 

Nash— Van  B.  Carter,  Pop.,  Elm  City. 

New  Hanover — D.  B.  Sutton,  Rep.,  Wilmington;  J.  T.  Howe,  Rep., 
Wilmington. 

Northampton — N.  R.  Rawl-s,  Rep.,  Garysburg. 

Onslow — R.  Duffy,  Dem.,  Catherine  Lake. 

Orange — A.  R.  Holmes,  Pop.,  Rock  Spring. 

Pamlico— C.  M.  Babbitt,  Pop.,  Bayboro. 

Pasquotank — J.  H.  Parker,  Pop.,  Hertford. 

Pender— Gibson  James,  Dem.,  Maple  Hill. 

Perquimans — J.  H.  Parker,  Pop.,  Hertford. 

Person — John  S.  Cunningham,  Dem.,  Cunningham. 

Pitt— Slade  Chapman,  Pop.,  Coxville;  E.  V.  Cox,  Rep.,  Coxville. 

Polk — Grayson  Alredge,  Rep.,  Mill  Springs. 

Randolph— J.  J.  White,  Pop.,  Trinity;  J.  M.  Allen,  Rep.,  Ralph. 

Richmond — Y.  C.  Morton,  Pop.,  Rockingham;  Claudius  Dockery, 
Rep.,  Rockingham. 

Robeson — D.  E.  McBride,  Pop.,  Mill  Prong;  W.J.  Currie,  Rep.,  Maxton. 

Rockingham — A.  E.  Walters,  Dem.,  Reidsville  ;  P.  P.  Foster,  Pop., 
Oregon. 

Rowan— J.  W.  McKenzie,  Dem.,  Salisbury;  Walter  Murphy,  Dem., 
Salisbury. 

Rutherford — Lindsay  Purgason,  Pop.,  Logan's  Store. 

Sampson — C.  H.Johnson,  Pop.,  Ingold;  R.  M.  Crumpler,  Pop.,  Clinton. 

Stanly — E.  F.  Eddins,  Dem.,  Farmerville. 

Stokes— R.  J.  Petree,  Rep.,  Danbury. 


14  LEGISLATIVE   SKETCHES. 


Surry— J.  M.  Brower.  Rep.,  Mt.  Airy. 

Swain — J.  H.  Cathey,  Dem.,  Brison  City. 

Transylvania — A.  E.  Aiken,  Rep.,  Brevard. 

Tyrrell — Dr.  Ab.  Alexander,  Rep.,  Columbia. 

Union— J.  M.  Price,  Pop.,  Price's  Mill. 

Vance — M.  M.  Peace,  Rep.,  Henderson. 

Wake— J.  M.  Ferrell,  Pop.,  Eagle  Rock;  J.  P  H.  Adams,  Rep.,  Cary; 
Jas.  H.  Young,  Rep.,  Raleigh. 

Warren — C.  A.  Cook,  Rep.,  Warrenton. 

Watauga — Thos.  Bingham,  Rep.,  Amantha. 

Washington — L.  N.  C.  Spruill,  Rep.,  Mackey's  Ferry. 

Wayne— Dr.  J.  E.  Person,  Pop.,  Pikeville;  T.  B.  Parker,  Dem.,  Golds- 
boro. 

Wilkes— J.  Q.  A.  Bryan,  Rep.,  Trap  Hill;  Chas.  H.  Somers,  Rep., 
Wilkesboro. 

Wilson— B.  T.  Person,  Pop.,  Wilson. 

Yadkin — J.  C.  Pinnix,  Rep.,  Malee. 

Yancev — C.  L.  McPeters,  Dem.,   Bald  Creek. 


Officers  and  Employees — House. 

E.  O.  Masten  Chief  Clerk. 

R.  H.  Lane,  O.  A.  Starbuck,  C.  D.  Waddell,  D.  F.  Conrad,  J.  F.  Click, 
J.  W.  Brown,  G.  B.  Hopkins,  Assistants  to  Chief  Clerk. 

F.  B.  Benbow,  Reading  Clerk. 

B.  F.  Scarborough,  Engrossing  Clerk. 

P.  A.  Cummings,  R.  B  Reynolds,  H.  B.  Pope,  D.  A.  Shoaf,  W.  W. 
Teague,  J.  L.  Cooley,  F.  W.  McKay,  J.  D.  Mcintosh,  Assistants. 

Officers  and  Employees — Senate. 

J.  A.  Buchanan,  Principal  Engrossing  Clerk. 

D.  L.  Hoyt,  W.  P.  Lyon,  J.  B.  Needham,  R.  W.  Dalby,  J.  L.  Sheeks, 
Assistants. 

H.  E.  King,  Principal  Clerk. 

J.  W.  Watson,  Reading  Clerk. 

Felix  J.  Axley,  A.  H.  Paddison,  F.  L.  Battle,  J.  L.  King,  Assistants. 

Doorkeeper — House. 
D.  T.  Hauser,  Principal.     A.  R.  Middleton,  Assistant. 

Doorkeeper — Senate. 

T.  N.  Halliburton,  Principal.      Mears,  Assistant. 

N.  B.  —  The  list  of  officers  and  employees,  I  fear,  is  imcomplete,  as  I 
found  it  extremely  difficult  to  get  information,  being  indebted  to  J.  W. 
Brown  and  young  Mr.  King  for  what  I  have  been  able  to  glean.  They 
were  very  polite,  and  showed  me  every  courtesy  their  hurried  duties 
would  permit.— D.  C.  M. 


NORTH  CAROLINA'S  U.  S.  SENATORS. 

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JETER  CONNELLY  PRITCHARD, 

Of  Marshall,  was  born  in  Jonesboro,  Tenn.,  July  12,  1857; 
received  a  common-school  education  at  Martin's  Creek  Acade- 
my ;  was  apprenticed  in  the  Jo?iesboro  Tribune- Herald  office  ; 
removed  to  Bakersville,  Mitchell  County,  N.  C,  in  1873;  was 
joint  editor  and  owner  of  the  Roan  Mountain  Republican  until 
1887,  when  he  removed  to  Marshall,  Madison  County;  was  a 
Garfield  elector  in  1880  ;  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  in  1884, 
1886,  and  1890;  was  the  Republican  candidate  for  Lieutenant- 
Governor  in  1888,  and  was  the  Republican  caucus  nominee  for 
United  States  Senator  in  1892;  was  delegate- at-large  to  the 
Minneapolis  Convention  in  1892  ;  was  elected  President  of  the 
North  Carolina  Protective  Tariff  League  in  1 89 1  ;  was  a  candi- 
date for  Congress  in  1892;  was  licensed  to  practice  law  in  1887; 
in  April,  1894,  he  became  prominent  in  the  co-operation  move- 
ment in  North  Carolina,  and  the  success  of  that  movement 
resulted  in  his  election  to  the  United  States  Senate  to  fill  the 
unexpired  term  of  the  late  Senator  Z.  B.  Vance,  for  a  term  of 
six  years  from  March  4th,  1891,  which  expired  March  3,  1897; 
re-elected  January  19,  1897. 

MARION  BUTLER, 

Of  Elliot,  Sampson  County,  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Honey- 
cutt's  Township,  Sampson  County,  N.  C,  May  20,  1863  ;  was 
prepared  for  college  by  his  mother  and  at  a  neighboring  acade- 
my, but  chiefly  by  his  mother ;  graduated  at  the  University  of 
North  Carolina  in  1885  ;  began  the  study  of  law,  but  was  called 
home,  being  the  eldest  boy,  by  the  sudden  death  of  his  father, 
to  run  the  farm  and  to  look  after  the  education  of  his  younger 
brothers  and  sisters,  and  taught  at  a  neighboring  academy  for 
three  years  ;  in  1888  he  joined  the  Farmers'  Alliance  and  bought 
the  Clinton  Caucasian  ;  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate  in  1890; 
was  the  leader  of  the  Alliance  forces  in  that  body  and  succeeded 
in  bringing  about  a  number  of  needed  reforms  ;  was  elected 
President  of  the  State  Farmers'  Alliance  in  189 1,  and  re-elected 
in  1892  ;  was  elected  Vice-President  of  the  National  Farmers' 
Alliance  and  Industrial  Union  in  1893,  and  elected  President  of 


1 6  legislative;  sketches. 

that  organization  in  1894;  immediately  after  adjournment  of 
the  Chicago  Convention  in  1892  he  severed  his  connection  with 
the  Democratic  party  and  went  to  work  to  organize  and  build 
up  the  People's  Party;  in  the  winter  of  1893-94  ne  conceived 
the  plan  of  campaign  which  resulted  in  such  a  triumphant  suc- 
cess at  the  fall  election  of  1894;  was  chairman  of  the  Populist 
State  Committee  during  that  campaign;  is  a  trustee  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Executive  Board  of  the  State  University,  his  alma 
mater;  his  paper,  the  Caucasian,  has  been  removed  to  Raleigh, 
N.  C,  and  has  probably  the  largest  circulation,  and  is  one  of 
the  most  influential  papers,  in  the  State;  was  elected  to  the 
United  States  Senate  as  a  Populist  to  succeed  Matt.  W.  Ran- 
som, Democrat,  in  1895.  His  term  of  service  will  expire  March 
3,  1901. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 

8,5*     S^*      SiP^ 

Hon.  CHARLES  A.  COOK, 

Representing  Warren  Connty  in  the  lower  House  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  1897,  was  born  Oct.  7,  1848,  and  is  therefore 
in  the  zenith  of  ripe  and  vigorous  manhood. 

The  historic  old  county  from  which  he  hails  is  rich  in  the 
memory  of  illustrious  sons.  From  such  ancestry  sprang  the 
subject  of  this  .sketch.  The  son  of  Charles  M.  and  Havannah  E. 
Cook  (nee  Alston),  he  is  a  descendant  of  Hon.  Nathaniel  Ma- 
con, who  represented  North  Carolina  in  the  United  States  Sen- 
ate from  18 15  to  1828,  and  whose  pure  life  and  exalted  states- 
manship shed  such  glory  on  his  beloved  Old  North  State. 

Mr.  Cook,  as  a  youth,  enjoyed  exceptionally  fine  educational 
advantages,  and  improving  his  opportunities  profited  abundantly 
thereby.  Attended  the  University  at  Chapel  Hill,  afterwards 
graduating  at  Princeton  College,  N.  J.;  studied  law  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  while  quite  a  young  man.  In  his  chosen 
profession  he  soon  attained  to  eminence,  establishing  an  envia- 
ble reputation  both  as  a  counselor  and  advocate.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-three  was  happily  married  to  Miss  M.  W.  Jones,  of  War- 
renton,  where  he  now  resides.  Was  Solicitor  of  the  Criminal 
Court  of  his  county  one  term  and  United  States  District  Attor- 
ney for  the  Eastern  District  of  North  Carolina  under  Benjamin 
Harrison's  administration.  Was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican 
National  Convention  at  Mineapolis,  which  nominated  Mr.  Har- 
rison for  a  second  term.  Represented  his  district  in  the  State 
Senate  in  1887  and  1895.  *n  l895  Mr-  Cook  was  elected  Judge 
of  the  Eastern  Criminal  Court  of  North  Carolina  by  the  legis- 
lature, but  deprived  of  the  office  by  the  Supreme  Court,  which 
decided  that  his  election  was  illegal  because  b}^  an  oversight  the 
Legislature  elected  him  to  the  position  before  the  final  ratifica- 
tion of  the  act  establishing  said  court.  Governor  Carr  thereupon 
appointed  Hon.  O.  P.  Meares,  of  Wilmington,  to  the  position,  on 
strictly  partisan  grounds.  Mr.  Cook  is  a  staunch  Republican 
of  many  years  standing,  who  bore  the  brunt  of  battle  in  the 
past,  when  it  tried  men's  souls  to  confront  the  opposition,  and 
when  hope  of  success  was  feeble  and  the  laborers  few.  A  Re- 
publican from  principle  and  not  for  spoils,  he  has,  through  the 
years  of  political  strife,  retained  the  confidence  and  commanded 
E.  S. 2 


1 8  I<KGISLATIVK   SKETCHES. 

the  respect  of  his  fellow  citizens  who  disagreed  with  him  politi- 
cally. He  makes  a  courageous,  sagacious  leader,  in  whose  hands 
the  party  interest  is  safe.  Socially,  no  man  stands  higher  than 
Charles  A.  Cook.  In  the  session  of  '97  Mr.  Cook,  by  his  bold 
stand  in  opposition  to  the  ninety-nine  5^ear  lease  of  the  N.  C. 
R.  R.  to  the  Southern  R.  R.  Co. ,  has  shown  himself  a  man  of 
courage  and  deep  convictions.  It  is  conceded  that  mainly 
through  his  superb  leadership  and  skillful  management  was  the 
lease  annulled  in  the  House  of  Representatives.  In  this  day  of 
free  passes  and  corporate  courtesies  it  is  a  consolation  and  in- 
spiration to  the  great  common  people,  who  pay  the  bills,  to 
know  that  in  Charles  A.  Cook  they  have  a  big-brained,  patri- 
otic defender  of  the  State's  best  interests.  In  addition  to  civil 
positions  filled,  Mr.  Cook  has  taken  great  interest  in  military 
affairs.  Was  a  member  of  the  State  Guard  for  ten  years,  and 
for  five  years  Assistant  Inspector  of  Small  Arms  Practice ;  pro- 
moted from  the  ranks  while  standing  in  line,  gun  in  hand. 
February  15th  was  commissioned  by  Gov.  Russell  Inspector 
General  of  small  arms  practice  with  rank  of  Colonel.  Such 
men  as  Charles  A.  Cook  has  proven  himself  to  be  honored,  and 
will  yet  be  abundantly  honored  b}T  the  "suffrages  of  freemen, 
whose  votes  shall  shake  the  turrets  of  land. ' ' 

Dr.   BEN.   FRANKLIN  DIXON. 

The  county  of  Cleveland  and  the  State  of  North  Carolina  is 
fortunate  in  having  among  the  law-making  power  in  this  year 
of  grace  so  broad-minded  a  Christian  statesman  as  Dr.  Benjamin 
Franklin  Dixon.  Born  in  the  county  he  now  represents,  on 
March  27,  1846,  from  the  marriage  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Wen- 
ter  Dixon,  and  educated  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  his  life  furnishes 
a  bright  page  in  North  Carolina  history.  At  the  age  of  fifteen 
he  left  school,  in  '61,  and  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Co.  D.  4th  N. 
C.  Volunteers — regiment  afterwards  known  as  the  14th  Regi- 
ment. Was  elected  Lieutenant  of  Co.  G.  49th  Regiment  in  '63, 
when  barely  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  soon  after  promoted  to 
the  captaincy  for  meritorious  conduct — the  youngest  Captain  of 
a  veteran  company  in  the  Confederate  service  ;  was  wounded  at 
Drewry's  Bluff,  at  Malvern  Hill  and  at  Petersburg.  When  the 
war  ended,  he  returned  to  Cleveland  County,  where  for  two 
years  he  taught  school,  devoting  his  spare  time  to  the  study  of 
medicine.  In  '68  he  joined  the  South  Carolina  Conference  of 
the  M.  K.  Church,  South,  and  was  given  charge  of  the  church 
at  Sumter,  S.  C  ,  where  he  remained  one  year.  His  next 
charge  was  at  Monroe,  for  two  years,  reaping  large  reward  for 
his  church  b}'  his  earnestness  and  religious  zeal.   Next,  he  went 


Dr.  B.  F.  DIXON, 
Representative  from  Cleveland  County. 


JESSE  A.  ASHBURN, 
Senator  from  28th  District. 


SESSION   OF    1897.  19 

to  the  Shelby  Circuit,  and  when  his  term  expired  there,  com- 
pleted his  medical  course  and  located  at  Kings  Mountain  and 
successfully  practiced  medicine  for  ten  years — until  elected  in 
1884  as  Superintendent  of  the  Oxford  Orphan  Asylum,  where 
he  efficiently  conducted  that  institution  till  called,  in  '90,  to  take 
charge  of  the  Greensboro  Female  College  as  its  President.  Both 
as  Superintendant  of  the  Oxford  Asylum  and  President  of  the 
Greensboro  College,  he  exhibited  peculiar  ability  and  fitness  for 
the  positions,  getting  from  the  trustees  and  the  public  many 
deserved  encomiums.  To  sum  up  briefly,  as  a  Christian,  a  ma- 
son, a  physician  and  an  educator,  he  stands  in  the  hearts  of 
those  who  know  him  above  reproach.  The  crowning  epoch  in 
his  life  of  varied  usefulness  to  mankind  and  his  own  happiness 
was  his  marriage  in  '87  to  Miss  Nora  C.  Tracy,  daughter  of 
Dr.  J.  W.  Tracy,  of  Kings  Mountain,  from  which  happy  union 
he  has  been  blessed  with  three  bright  and  promising  children, 
a  girl  and  two  boys — Pearl,  Benj.  F. ,  and  Wright  T.  Unex- 
pectedly to  himself,  he  was  forced  by  the  urgency  of  friends  to 
take  a  hand  in  the  political  campaign  of  '96,  being  chairman  of 
his  County  Democratic  Convention,  a  delegate  to  the  State 
Convention,  to  the  National  Convention  which  nominated  W.  J. 
Bryan  for  President,  and  the  nominee  of  the  county  for  the 
House  of  Representatives,  all  following  in  quick  succession. 
Cleveland  was  a  close  and  uncertain  county,  but  the  doctor  was 
elected,  and  upon  taking  his  seat  was  at  once  recognized  as  a 
leader  among  the  real  patriots  of  the  House.  Post-office:  Pilot 
Mountain. 

Rkv.  JESSE  A.  ASHBURN. 

The  subject  af  this  sketch  was  born  in  Surry  County,  N.  C, 
near  Pilot  Mountain,  December  21,  1861. 

His  parents  were  of  a  sturdy  type  of  farming  people.  His 
father  Isaac  gave  his  life  to  the  cause  of  the  Confederacy,  dying 
of  disease,  with  the  words  on  his  lips:  "This  morning's  sun 
will  set  on  many  young  Southern  widows,  made  so  by  a  cause 
which  they  lament."  Jesse  A.  was  then  an  infant,  and  the 
widowed  mother  had  to  fight  the  battles  of  life  under  adverse 
circumstances,  but  it  was  done  honorably  and  well.  The  youth 
had  no  opportunities  for  obtaining  an  education,  except  such  as 
the  district  schools  afforded.  These  he  attended  diligently  dur- 
ing the  winter  months  and  in  summer  aided  his  mother  in  the 
care  and  cultivation  of  the  little  farm.  After  completing  his 
course  at  school  he  was  for  several  years  engaged  as  a  teacher 
in  the  public  schools.  In  18 —  he  was  happily  married  to  Miss 
Addie,  only  daughter  of  Rev.  William  Needham,  a  minister  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.     In   1888  Mr.   Ashburn  con- 


20  LEGISLATIVE   SKETCHES. 

nected  himself  with  the  Primitive  Baptist  Church  at  Cedar  Hill, 
and  was  ordained  to  preach,  and  has  been  greatly  blessed  as  a 
minister,  traveling  and  preaching  as  far  South  as  Florida.  His 
power  as  an  orator  has  been  abundantly  exemplified  both  as  a 
pulpit  exhorter  and  political  stump-speaker.  In  the  Republican 
Senatorial  Convention  of  1896  he  was  unanimously  nominated 
to  represent  Surry  and  Stokes  in  the  State  Senate.  After  a  vig- 
orous campaign  with  his  Democratic  opponent,  James  A.  I^eak, 
of  Stokes  County,  was  triumphantly  elected  by  more  than  a 
thousand  majority,  successfully  vindicating  himself  of  every  as- 
persion cast  upon  his  political  character  by  his  enemies.  His 
success  is  attributable  to  his  aggressive  nature,  coupled  with  un- 
tiring industry.  Fond  of  reading  and  research,  his  library  is 
supplied  with  a  selection  of  the  choicest  books.  His  character 
is  above  reproach,  and  if  his  useful  life  is  spared  he  will  be  hon- 
orably heard  from  again.     Post-office,  Pilot  Mountain. 

P.  P.  Pierce. 

SIDNEY  F.  SHORE. 

One  of  two  Senators  from  the  Twenty-seventh  District,  com- 
posed of  the  counties  of  Davie,  Yadkin  and  Iredell.  His  hon- 
ored fother  is  a  successful  farmer,  who,  a  few  years  ago,  was 
elected  by  the  people  to  the  unsought  and  unbought  position  of 
Sheriff  of  Yadkin,  and  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  office 
established  the  reputation  of  making  one  of  the  best  sheriffs  the 
county  ever  had.  On  a  farm,  overlooking  the  picturesque  Yad- 
kin River,  young  Shore  first  saw  the  light  of  day.  Here  he 
spent  his  youth  and  drank  into  his  very  life  a  lofty  resolve  and 
ambition  to  attain  the  exellence  which  crowns  his  young  man- 
hood, and  but  a  promise  of  what  is  to  come.  Entered  Oak 
Ridge  Institute  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years;  became  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Altenian  Society,  and  was  elected  its  treas- 
urer, then  its  president,  then  Washington  orator,  in  which  ca- 
pacity he  established  a  reputation  as  an  orator  of  wonderful 
force.  Afterwards  he  was  made  editor  of  the  Oak  Leaf,  the 
Institute  organ.  Among  his  associates,  some  of  whom  have 
since  distinguished  themselves,  he  was  regarded  as  the  intel- 
lectual equal  of  the  best.  After  completing  his  education  young 
Shore  first  engaged  as  book-keeper  and  general  manager  of  the 
celebrated  Cedar  Cure  Nurseries;  was  an  officer  in  the  revenue 
service,  which  position  he  resigned  to  accept  a  position  as  trav- 
eling salesman  for  a  prominent  firm  of  tobacco  manufacturers. 
He  then  accepted  the  position  of  general  manager  of  the  Yadkin 
and  Surry  branch  of  the  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany, which  position  he  now  holds.     A  born  Republican,  he 


S.  F.  SHORE, 
Senator  from  27th  District. 


W.  H.  ODOM, 

Senator  from  ?^d  District. 


SESSION   OF    1897.  2  1 

never  sought  office,  but  in  1896  when  his  party  was  looking  for 
a  man  of  mental  and  moral  power  as  the  candidate  who  should 
lead  them  to  victory  in  the  Twenty -seventh  Senatorial  District, 
composed  of  the  counties  of  Yadkin,  Davie  and  Iredell,  the  Re- 
publican party  called  him  to  the  leadership.  After  a  brilliant 
canvass  he  was  triumphantly  elected.  Although  a  great  admirer 
of  the  gentler  six,  Mr.  Shore  has  never  married.  He  is  a  gen- 
eral favorite  and  local  hero  in  all  the  picnic  excursions  and  house 
parties,  for  which  his  beautiful  mountain  section  is  noted.  While 
not  a  member  of  any  church,  Mr.  S.  takes  great  interest  in  Sun- 
day-school work  and  teaches  a  large  class  of  young  ladies.  Mr. 
Shore  is  a  safe,  clear  and  able  legislator — one  of  whom  his  con- 
stituents may  well  feel  proud.     Post-office,  Shore,  N.  C. 

Col.  JOHN  S.  CUNINGHAM. 

Though  still  a  young  man,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  may 
aptly  be  called  a  typical  North  Carolinian  of  the  old  regime, 
which  phrase  embodies  the  pith  and  substance  of  all  that  can 
be  said  of  the  Southern  gentleman — the  cavaliers  of  the  nine- 
teenth century.  John  Somerville  Cuningham  is  the  son  of  the 
late  John  W.  and  Martha  Helen  Cuningham,  of  Person  County, 
and  to-day  his  home  is  on  his  ancestral  estate.  He  made  his 
entree  in  this  world  on  the  5th  day  of  September,  1861,  when 
the  great  heart  of  the  nation  was  throbbing  in  the  throes  of  civil 
war,  and  is  therefore  now  thirty-six  years  of  age.  Though 
modest  and  unassuming,  his  agricultural  and  financial  interests 
were  conducted  so  ably,  attention  was  early  called  to  his  ability 
and  his  fitness  to  assume  a  prominent  part  in  the  control  of 
State  affairs.  Recognizing  this,  Governor  Daniel  G.  Fowle,  as 
commander  of  the  North  Carolina  troops,  appointed  Col.  Cun- 
ingham as  one  of  his  staff  officers.  Pie  was  also  a  member  of 
Gov.  Thos.  M.  Holt's  staff.  Since  then  he  has  filled  many 
positions  of  trust  and  honor ;  has  been  a  director  in  several 
banks,  chairman  of  the  county  democracy,  and  frequently  urged 
to  be  a  candidate  for  Congress,  but  declined  this  latter  honor. 
Last  year,  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  his  friends,  he  consented 
to  run  as  the  Democratic  candidate  for  the  Legislature  for  Per- 
son County.  The  result  of  the  election  proved  the  sequel  to 
his  great  popularity  with  all  classes.  Though  partisan  spirit 
was  bitter  in  that  county,  which  has  usually  gave  a  Republican 
majority  of  from  250  to  500,  Col.  Cuningham  was  elected  by  a 
majority  of  349.  In  1889  he  added  another  laurel  to  his  useful 
and  felicitous  life  by  espousing  in  marriage  Miss  Otey  M.  Car- 
rington,  of  Charlotte  County,  Virginia — the  beautiful,  accom- 
plished and  loved  descendant  of  a  long  line  of  distinguished 


22  LEGISLATIVE  SKETCHES. 

ancestors,  whose  lives  are  a  part  of  Virginia's  history.  In 
addition  to  the  many  calls  on  his  time  and  attention  by  both 
private  and  public  matters,  Col.  Cuningham  conducts  a  large 
and  successful  mercantile  business  at  Cuningham  Station,  on  the 
Atlantic  &  Danville  Railroad,  which  is  near  his  elegant  resi- 
dence. Knowing,  as  the  writer  does,  how  Col.  Cuningham 's 
innate  modesty  would  shrink  from  anything  approaching  adula- 
tion or  fulsomeness,  it  is  hard  to  pay  a  proper  tribute  to  his 
honest  worth  without  offending  his  delicate  sense  of  the  proprie- 
ties; but  it  is  admissible  and  proper  to  say  that  in  these  days  of 
political  corruption  and  the  bartering  of  party  principles,  it  is 
to  men  of  sturdy  worth  and  unquestioned  integrity,  like  John 
Somerville  Cuningham,  that  the  State  and  the  nation  must 
alone  look  for  safety — men  whom  their  neighbors  know,  love, 
honor  and  trust  in  any  and  all  contingencies.  Though  always 
a  Democrat,  he  has  never  been  bitter  against  other  parties,  con- 
ceding others  the  same  right  to  individual  opinion  he  exercised 
himself.  But  the  secret  of  his  popularity  lies  not  in  this  fact 
alone.  It  is  rather  due  to  his  big  hearted  humanity — a  sympa- 
thy for  his  less  fortunate  fellow-man  and  his  personal  efforts  to 
relieve  their  condition.  This  it  is  that  makes  him  loved  at 
home  and  honored  wherever  known.  Surely  no  man  could 
wish  a  fairer  fame — a  life-book  with  fewer  blots.  His  great 
wealth  is  not  used  for  a  "  train  attendant,  but  for  the  glorious 
privilege  of  being  independent. ' '  Recently  the  students  of  the 
University  of  North  Carolina  have  paid  him  a  deserved  compli- 
ment by  dedicating  their  annual  volume,  "  Helenian,"  to  his 
name.  That  his  increasing  friends  and  ripened  experience  may 
soon  call  him  to  a  place  of  higher  usefulness,  is  the  wish  of  his 
large  acquaintance.  England's  greatest  historian  and  most 
erudite  scholar  has  said,  "  the  history  of  a  country  is  best  told 
in  a  record  of  the  lives  of  its  people,"  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to 
record  the  life  of  such  a  man.  To  his  business  attainments  the 
colonel  has  added  that  of  literature,  having  one  of  the  best 
private  libraries  in  the  State,  to  which  he  devotes  all  spare  time 
in  earnest  reading.      Post-office,  Cuningham. 

W.   H.   ODOM, 

Representing  the  Twenty-third  Senatorial  District,  composed 
of  the  counties  of  Richmond,  Montgomery,  Anson  and  Union, 
was  born  in  Anson  County  October  28,  1865.  His  parents 
were  W.  H.  and  Emily  Odom.  Was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  county,  save  two  years  attendance  at  a 
high  school  in  Bennettsville,  S.  C.  Was  happily  married  to 
Miss  Emma  E.    Sing,   October  28,    1886.      Engaged  in  mer- 


SESSION   OF    1897.  23 

chandising,  in  which  occupation  he  is  quite  successful.  In 
religion  a  Methodist,  in  politics  a  Populist.  Raised  a  Democrat, 
he  abandoned  that  party  in  1892  because  of  its  betrayal  of  the 
people's  cause,  and  allied  himself  with  the  only  party  represent- 
ing in  spirit  and  action  the  principles  of  that  great  tribune  of 
the  masses,  Thomas  Jefferson.  Was  a  delegate  to  the  first  Na- 
tional Convention  of  the  People's  party  held  in  the  city  of 
Omaha,  Nebraska.  Was  tke  Populist  candidate  for  Clerk  of 
the  Superior  Court  of  Anson  County  in  1892,  and  but  for  the 
fraudulent  operations  of  the  election  laws  then  in  force  would 
now  hold  the  position  to  which  he  was  fairly  elected.  Was 
nominated  by  the  People's  party  and  endorsed  by  the  Republi- 
can party  in  1896  as  one  of  the  Senators  from  the  Twenty-third 
District.  After  an  exciting  campaign  in  which  Mr.  Odom 
actively  and  ably  engaged,  he  was,  by  the  grace  of  the  new 
election  law  passed  by  the  Fusion  Legislature  of  1894,  which 
insures  a  free  ballot  and  a  fair  count,  and  the  suffrages  of  hon- 
est men,  elected  by  a  handsome  majority.  Mr.  Odom  has  the 
respect  and  confidence  of  the  people  of  his  district  to  a  remark- 
able extent.  Is  able,  alert  and  conscientious,  and  will  render 
a  good  account  of  the  stewardship  placed  in  his  hands  by  the 
sovereign  people.      Post-office,  Wadesboro. 

One  who  knows  him. 

HENRY  EDGAR  HODGES. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  near  Washington,  N.  C, 
April  4,  1859.  His  parents  were  Eouis  H.  and  Elizabeth 
Hodges.  During  his  youth  he  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  county  where  he  obtained  an  elementary  education,  and 
early  in  life  adopted  agriculture  as  an  occupation,  which  he  has 
since  prosecuted  successfully.  At  the  age  of  twenty- two  years 
he  embraced  the  Christian  religion  and  attached  himself  to  the 
Christian  (Disciples)  church,  of  which  he  was  clerk  for  many 
years.  On  May  nth,  1886,  was  happily  married  to  Miss  Ella 
Cooper.  Was  at  one  time  deputy  sheriff  of  Beaufort  County. 
Joined  the  Farmers'  Alliance  when  first  organized.  Was  ap- 
pointed Lecturer  for  his  county,  which  position  he  has  since 
held  continuously,  save  an  interval  of  two  years.  A  Democrat 
in  politics,  he  went  as  a  delegate  to  the  State  Convention  in 
1892  and  seconded  the  nomination  of  Elias  Carr  in  an  eloquent 
speech,  but  changed  his  political  allegiance  after  Carr  repudi- 
ated a  part  of  the  demands  of  the  Alliance,  allied  himself  with 
the  People's  party  and  engaged  actively  in  the  campaign  of  '92. 
As  a  result  of  his  active  and  brilliant  canvass  his  county  cast 
its  vote  for  the  Populist  ticket,   State  and  county.     Was  the 


24  LEGISLATIVE   SKETCHES. 

nominee  of  his  party  for  the  Legislature  in  1894,  and  his  friends 
claim,  and  with  reason,  that  but  for  the  manipulation  of  the 
election  machinery  by  the  Democratic  party,  would  have  been 
triumphantly  elected.  Had  the  honor  of  placing  Col.  Harry 
Skinner  in  nomination  for  Congress  in  1894.  *n  l896  he  was 
again  nominated  for  the  Legislature,  and  after  making  a  can- 
vass, which  aroused  the  enthusiasm  of  his  friends  and  com- 
manded the  respect  and  plaudits  of  his  political  enemies,  was 
elected  by  a  majority  of  four  hundred  over  his  Democratic 
opponent.  Was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Convention  at  St. 
Louis  that  nominated  W.  J.  Bryan  for  President  and  Thomas 
E.  Watson  for  Vice-President.  .Has  frequently  represented  his 
county  in  the  counsels  of  the  State  Alliance,  of  which  he  is  a 
zealous  member:  Is  a  recognized  leader  in  the  Populist  party 
and  in  the  Legislature.     Post-office,  Mineola. 

S.   M.   WILSON. 

The  venerable  member  of  the  House  from  Gaston  County, 
session  of  '97,  S.  M.  Wilson,  is  one  of  those  old-time  Democrats 
who  does  not  believe  in  the  surrender  of  principle  for  policy 
sake,  but  in  strict  adherence  to  the  Democracy  of  Thomas  Jef- 
ferson and  Andrew  Jackson.  Mr.  Wilson  was  born  in  the 
county  he  now  represents,  in  1833,  and  is  the  son  of  Ezra  Band 
and  Ann  Wilson,  and  got  his  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  that  day.  He  has  been  twice  married;  first  to  Miss  S.  J. 
Love,  in  1858,  and  second,  to  Miss  Sarah  A.  Love,  cousin  of 
first  wife,  in  January,  1875.  Mr.  Wilson  has  been  a  farmer 
from  his  youth.  He  has  frequently  served  his  county  as  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace  and  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  County  Com- 
missioners with  credit  to  himself  and  the  satisfaction  of  his  peo- 
ple. He  is  an  ardent  Presbyterian,  with  which  church  he  has 
long  been  connected.  Elected  to  the  House  of  Representatives 
for  the  session  of  '97,  his  sound  conservative  judgment  and  un- 
faltering fidelity  to  the  old  landmarks  of  governmental  policy 
is  a  strong  check  on  the  scattering  ultra-progressiveness  of  at- 
tempted legislation  by  the  place-seekers  among  latter-day  poli- 
ticians in  the  House.  His  course  has  commanded  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  his  colleagues,  and  though  his  party  is  in  a 
hopeless  minority  at  this  session,  he  has  done  his  part  to  prevent 
hurtful  legislation,  and  has  made  a  record  his  constituents  can 
read  with  pride.     Post-office,  Gastonia. 

W.   P.   ORMSBY. 

One  of  the  members  of  the  House  at  this  session  of  '97,  W. 
P.  Ormsby,  was  born  and  educated  in  England,  but  came  to 
this  country  in  '72  and  resided  for  a  while  in  New  York.     In 


W.  P.  ORMSBY, 
Representative  from  Forsyth  County. 


H.  E.   HODGES, 
Representative  from  Beaufort  County. 


SKSSION   OF    1897.  25 

'79  he  came  to  Salem  and  established  the  Twin  City  Music 
House,  where  he  built  up  a  lucrative  business  in  musical  instru- 
ments and  sewing-machines.  He  married  Miss  E.  H.  Fisher, 
of  Salem,  and  is  thoroughly  identified  with  the  interest  of  Win- 
ston-Salem. In  religion  he  is  a  Moravian,  and  in  politics  a  Re- 
publican, and  as  such  was  elected  to  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, while  still  conducting  his  extensive  music  business. 
Though  he  has  never  before  held  a  political  office,  has  shown 
adaptability  to  public  affairs,  which  he  regards  as  affecting  ma- 
terially the  business  and  prosperity  of  the  country,  and  not  to 
be  lightly  dealt  with — lending  some  English  conservatism  to 
sometimes  threatened  party  legislation.  Cool,  deliberate  and 
attentive  to  duty,  his  constituents  have  no  cause  of  complaint. 
Post-office,  Salem. 

JOHN  McPHAIL  GEDDIE. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Cumberland  County, 
N.  C,  March  9,  1852,  and  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  county.  Early  in  life  he  connected  himself  with 
the  Methodist  church,  of  which  he  is  a  consistent  and  influen- 
tial member;  was  happily  married  to  Miss  Harriet  C.  E.  Rich 
December  28,  1880.  Raised  on  a  farm,  he  engaged  in  agricul- 
ture until  about  twenty-five  years  old,  when  he  commenced  mer- 
chandising, which  occupation  he  has  successfully  prosecuted 
for  twenty  years.  He  was  a  Democrat  until  about  eight  years 
ago,  when  he  joined  the  great  reform  movement,  as  a  protest 
against  the  corruption  and  unfaithfulness  of  the  old  politioal 
machines  that  have  dominated  the  State  and  nation  since  the 
war;  is  to-day  a  Populist  in  politics,  and  as  such  was  elected  in 
November,  1896,  as  State  Senator  from  the  Sixteenth  Senato- 
rial District,  composed  of  the  county  of  Cumberland;  never  held 
any  other  official  position,  except  that  of  Justice  of  the  Peace 
for  a  term  of  six  years,  to  which  position  he  was  appointed  in 
1889.  Mr.  Geddie  has  taken  a  prominent  position  among  his 
colleagues  and  is  regarded  as  a  useful  and  devoted  representa- 
tive of  the  people.      Post-office,  Cedar  Creek. 

Mat.   W.   A.   GUTHRIE. 

Perhaps  there  is  no  man  in  North  Carolina  who  has  attained 
more  enviable  reputation  during  the  past  year  than  Major  W. 
A.  Guthrie.  Though  for  years  a  staunch  adherent  of  the  Re- 
publican party  in  days  when  it  required  heroic  devotion  to  prin- 
ciple to  be  a  Republican  in  his  section,  when,  as  he  believed, 
that  party  deserted  its  time-honored  principles  for  pelf  and  plun- 
der, he  left  it,  and  with  all  the  zeal  of  his  honest  patriotism  cast 


26  LEGISLATIVE   SKETCHES. 

his  lot  with  the  People's  party  in  earnest  effort  for  governmental 
reform.  His  known  ability  and  integrity  quickly  brought  him 
to  the  front,  and  the  united  Populist  State  Convention  of  1896 
honored  him  with  the  nomination  for  Governor.  In  his  speech 
of  acceptance  he  promised  to  keep  on  the  platform  and  fight  for 
it  until  the  election  was  over.  How  faithfully  he  adhered  to 
that  promise  is  known  to  all  North  Carolinians,  as  is  also  the 
history  of  how  the  spoil  grabbers  of  his  party  compassed  his  de- 
feat, because  he  would  not  stultify  himself  and  his  party  for 
their  personal  ends.  Wm.  A.  Guthrie  was  born  in  Chatham 
County,  N.  C,  Feb.  5,  1846,  his  parents  being  of  Scotch-Irish 
and  German  descent.  The  Major  graduated  at  the  University 
of  North  Carolina,  taking  the  highest  honors  in  a  large  class. 
Studying  law  under  Judge  Battle  of  the  Supreme  Court  for  three 
years,  he  got  license  to  practice  in  1866  and  located  in  Fayette- 
ville,  where  he  soon  built  up  a  lucrative  practice  in  that  and 
adjoining  counties.  From  1867  to  1878  he  was  Register  in 
Bankruptcy  for  the  Third  Congressional  District,  appointed  by 
Chief  Justice  Chase  ;  was  for  five  years  one  of  the  Directors  of 
the  Western  (Cape  Fear  and  Yadkin  Valley)  Railroad ;  was 
elected  from  Cumberland  County  to  the  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion in  1S72,  which  was  never  convened.  In  1882  he  was  a  Re- 
publican candidate  for  elector,  and  in  1888  a  candidate  for  the 
Supreme  Court  bench,  getting  nine  hundred  more  votes  than  the 
rest  of  the  Republican  ticket.  In  1864  he  entered  the  Confed- 
erate service  as  a  private  in  Co.  G  3d  N.  C.  Cavalry  ;  was  cap- 
tured at  Stony  Creek  in  December  of  that  year  and  imprisoned 
at  Point  Lookout,  Md.;  held  until  March,  1865,  being  paroled 
only  a  few  days  before  the  surrender  of  Lee's  army.  The  Major 
married  Miss  Mary  E.  Carr,  of  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C;  has  only 
one  living  child,  a  promising  young  lawyer  and  his  father's 
partner  in  the  firm  of  Guthrie  &  Guthrie.  Major  Guthrie  is  a 
mason,  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church;  Knights  of  Pythias; 
chairman  of  the  Board  of  Education  for  Durham  County;  attor- 
ney for  the  Richmond  &  Danville  R.  R.  and  the  Blackwell 
Durham  Bull  Tobacco  Company. 

The  Late  Hon.  JNO.  W.  CUNINGHAM. 

Though  the  main  purpose  and  intent  of  this  publication  be  to 
deal  with  the  history  of  North  Carolina's  public  men  of  to-day, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  so  intimately  allied  with  that  part 
of  which  the  State  is  justly  proud,  and  also  the  father  of  one 
who  is  to-day  an  important  factor  in  all  that  pertains  to  the 
glory  and  welfare  of  the  State  (Col.  John  S.  Cuningham,  re- 
ferred to  fully  elsewhere),  that  it  appears  history  would  be  in- 
complete without  enough   facts  to  show  the  connecting  link 


SESSION   OF    1897.  27 

between  sire  and  son,  which  binds  the  past  and  present.  The 
Hon.  John  W.  Cuningham,  of  Cuningham's  Store,  Person 
County,  carne  on  the  stage  of  life  in  the  city  of  Petersburg,  Va., 
in  the  year  of  grace  1820,  on  the  6th  day  of  February.  His 
father,  a  wholesale  merchant  of  Petersburg,  had  bought  a  large 
body  of  land  in  Person  County  and  established  a  branch  store 
there  in  1796,  and  "John  W."  was  first  sent  to  school  at  Bing- 
ham's Academy,  from  where  he  went  to  the  University  of  North 
Carolina,  graduating  in  1840  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  a  very 
strong  class,  many  of  them  since  eminent  men  of  the  State,  grad- 
uating at  the  same  time.  He  wTas  in  public  life  for  about  forty 
years,  being  first  elected,  when  a  mere  boy,  to  the  House  of 
Commons  in  1844,  and  afterwards  serving  in  that  body  at  the 
sessions  of  1866-7  5  i*1  tne  Senate  1852-3-4-5-6-7-8-9;  1862- 
3-4-5;  1872-3;  1S76-7-80.  Hon.  Mr.  Cuningham  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Secession  Convention  of  1861,  and  of  the  Constitu- 
tional Convention  of  1875.  He  was  on  Governor  Ellis'  staff  and 
a  member  of  the  State  Council  under  this  administration.  He 
also  filled  every  position  in  the  county  of  Person,  and  was,  for 
many  years,  the  presiding  officer  of  its  court.  He  was  the  re- 
cipient of  a  fine  education,  cultivated  and  enlarged  by  extensive 
travel,  which,  added  to  his  excellent  innate  intelligence,  made 
him  recognized  as  a  man  with  few  piers  in  the  land.  Early  in 
life  he  espoused  Miss  Helen  Somerville,  of  Warren  County, 
which  union  was  blessed  with  a  large  family  of  children.  She 
died  in  the  winter  of  1886-7,  and  on  the  15th  of  July,  1889,  he 
followed  her  to  the  great  "beyond."  During  life  he  builded 
the  largest  agricultural  business  and  most  attractive  home  in 
the  entire  section,  while  continuing  the  mercantile  business, 
which  is  running  to-day,  and  is  the  oldest  business  concern  of 
unbroken  succession  in  the  State — one  hundred  and  one  years 
old;  run  by  the  grandson  of  the  founder.  His  deeds  live  after 
him,  and  his  good  works  are  a  fitting  epitaph  for  one  to  whose 
memory  all  good  men  pay  obeisance. 

JOHN  Q.   A.   BRYAN. 

The  facts  occurring  in  the  long  and  varied  experience  of  John 
Ouincy  Adams  Bryan,  the  life-long  Republican  who  represents 
Wilkes  County,  can  hardly  be  given  historic  justice  in  the 
limited  space  of  a  work  of  this  kind.  His  adventures  are  stranger 
than  fiction  and  more  entertaining  than  romance.  Born  at 
Trap  Hill  in  October,  1833,  from  the  union  of  Thomas  Bryan 
and  Nancy  (nee  Beaugass),  he  attended  the  common  schools 
and  later  studied  at  the  Hillsville  Virginia  High  School.  Jan- 
uary 1 2th,  1 86 1,  just  as  the  lurid  clouds  of  sectional  war  were 


28  I,BGISI,ATIVE   SKETCHES. 

gathering  over  the  land,  he  married  Miss  Martha  A.  Bryan,  of 
Illinois,  who  was  attending  school  in  his  section,  and  engaged 
in  farming  on  the  ancestral  estate,  where  he  now  resides.  Before 
the  war  he  was  Captain  of  the  Wilkes  Count)^  militia.  When 
the  State  seceded  he  resigned  his  commission,  and  adhering  to 
the  old  flag,  accepted  service  as  recruiting  officer  for  the  United 
States  Army,  with  the  rank  of  Captain,  mustering  in  one  thou- 
sand men  from  Western  North  Carolina  up  to  November  8th, 
1863,  when  he  joined  the  regular  army  as  First  Lieutenant  Co. 
H,  10th  Tennessee  Cavalry,  of  which  company  he  was  soon 
promoted  to  the  captaincy.  He  served  through  the  war  with 
gallantry,  leading  his  company  in  the  fights  at  Murfreesboro, 
Jacksboro,  Columbia,  Franklin,  Pulaski,  and  Nashville,  Ten- 
nessee, and  also  at  Sulphur  Trestle,  Alabama.  While  leading 
a  desperate  charge  in  the  Nashville  fight,  was  severely  wounded 
and  was  for  some  time  confined  in  the  officer's  hospital  at  Nash- 
ville. Rejoined  his  command  at  Vicksburg,  Mississippi,  and 
participated  in  the  capture  of  a  portion  of  Gen.  Dick  Taylor's 
forces  at  Rodney  and  at  Oakley  College.  The  war  over,  he 
was  honorably  discharged  and  returned  to  the  old  homestead  in 
August,  1865.  Was  elected  to  the  Constitutional  Convention 
of  that  year,  receiving  every  vote  cast  in  his  county  but  eleven. 
Has  been  in  every  Constitutional  Convention  held  since  the  war. 
has  represented  his  county  four  terms  in  the  Legislature,  and 
was  never  defeated  for  any  county  office  for  which  he  has  been 
a  candidate.  He  has  filled  numerous  positions:  Colonel  of 
militia,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Major  General  Western  N.  C. 
Militia,  and  as  such  raised  his  quota  of  troops  when  called  on 
by  Gov.  Holden  during  the  K.  K.  K.  troubles.  Tendered  his 
services  to  Holden  and  served  through  that  trouble  as  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel of  the  First  Regiment  N.  C.  Troops  under  Col.  W. 
J.  Clarke,  with  headquarters  at  Raleigh.  Holds  a  commission 
from  President  Garfield  as  Inspector  General,  with  rank  of  Col- 
onel, of  the  North  Carolina  Division  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic ;  has  also  been  assistant  assessor  in  the  Revenue 
Department  and  deputy  collector.  He  has  two  sons  and  three 
daughters  living.  Is  a  temperance  man,  but  not  a  prohibition- 
ist. Has  been  a  devout  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church  since 
sixteen  years  of  age,  and  has  given  more  to  the  church,  educa- 
tion and  the  poor  than  any  man  in  his  section.  Was  the  prin- 
cipal promoter  and  most  liberal  contributor  towards  the  founding 
of  Fairfield  Male  and  Female  College,  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees,  and  for  a  long  time  its  chairman.  Is  a  mason  of 
many  years  standing,  having  his  membership  in  Rock  Ford 
Lodge  No.  430.  His  oldest  son  is  located  in  West  Virginia, 
and  the  second,  Thomas  Sherman  Bryan,  is  the  private  secre- 


SKSSION    OF    1897.  29 

tary  of  Hon.  R.  Z.  I^inney,  member  of  Congress  from  the  8th 
N.  C.  District.  Has  always  had  the  courage  of  his  convictions 
and  acted  from  principle,  thus  commanding  the  respect  of  his 
bitterest  political  opponents.  This  fact,  and  his  relationship 
with  the  best  people  of  his  county,  has  made  his  defeat  well 
nigh  impossible.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  limited  space  ex- 
cludes some  of  the  interesting  events  of  danger,  devotion  and 
heroism  of  this  most  remarkable  man.  One  incident  will  suffice 
to  illustrate  the  dangers  and  hair- breadth  escapes  he  experienced 
when  red-handed  war  was  desolating  the  land.  In  1863,  when 
piloting  recruits  to  the  Federal  lines,  they  disobeyed  his  com- 
mands and  ventured  into  the  valley  near  Lime  Stone,  Tennessee. 
Here  they  encountered  a  band  of  Confederate  scouts  (cavalry) 
and  were  quickly  surrounded  and  most  of  his  men  captured  and 
put  to  death  on  the  spot.  Seeing  that  he  would  not  be  treated 
as  a  prisoner  of  war,  he  cut  his  way  through  the  ranks  of  the 
enemy  and  retreated  to  the  mountains  near  by,  pursued  by  sev- 
eral cavalrymen.  Fighting  doggedly  as  he  retired,  several 
saddles  were  emptied  and  more  than  one  ' '  boy  in  gray ' '  bit 
the  dust  as  a  result  of  too  close  contact  with  the  desperate 
Unionist.  During  the  war  the  soldiers  of  both  armies  gave  him 
the  sobriquet  of  "Old  Red  Fox,"  because  of  his  skill  in 
eluding  the  Confederate  spies  and  Home  Guards,  who  were 
hunting  him  down,  and  in  the  successful  piloting  of  recruits 
through  the  mountain  fastnesses  to  the  Federal  lines.  After 
the  war  it  was  applied  by  his  political  friends  and  enemies  alike 
as  expressing  his  tact  and  skill  in  political  combats.  As  has 
often  proved  the  case,  this  derisive  epithet  has  become  a  badge 
of  distinction  and  honor,  of  which  the  General  is  commendably 
proud.  A  glance  at  this  remarkable  man,  tall,  dignified  and 
venerable,  creates  the  impression  that  he  is  a  quiet  country 
gentleman,  whose  lines  have  been  cast  in  pleasant  places,  and 
against  whom  the  winds  of  adversity  have  never  blown  too 
harshly.  A  closer  inspection,  and  the  eagle  eye,  determined 
mouth  and  chin,  the  erect  military  carriage,  the  prompt  ringing 
voice,  all  bespeak  the  hero — iron-nerved,  cool,  brace  and  inflex- 
ible— one  to  be  relied  on  in  an  emergency  requiring  the  quali- 
ties of  a  born  leader.  He  celebrated  the  Fourth  of  July,  1862, 
at  Trap  Hill  under  the  folds  of  "  old  glory,"  and  was  the  last 
man  to  lower  the  old  flag  when  the  Confederate  laws  made  it 
treason  to  display  this  emblem  of  liberty.  This  flag  he  con- 
cealed in  a  hollow  log  during  the  war,  has  it  now,  and  has 
given  instructions  to  his  family  to  use  it  as  his  winding  sheet 
when  the  end  shall  come. 


30  LEGISLATIVE  SKETCHES. 

GEO.   H.   CANNON. 

The  Senator  from  the  Tenth  District  (Brunswick  and  New 
Hanover),  Hon.  George  H.  Cannon,  is  a  native  of  Darlington, 
S.  C;  born  in  1847  an&  educated  at  the  University  of  South 
Carolina,  at  Columbia.  In  1884  he  was  married  to  Miss  Jennie 
Walker.  After  serving  as  a  soldier  in  the  Confederate  army 
through  the  war  he  settled  down  in  Brunswick  County  as  a 
farmer  and  turpentine  distiller,  in  which  vocation  he  has  been 
successful;  has  served  his  county  as  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and 
in  '96  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate  on  the  Republican-Popu- 
list fusion  ticket,  and  is  classed  with  the  majority  Populists. 
In  religion  he  is  a  consistent  Methodist;  has  never  held  politi- 
cal office  before,  but  is  giving  satisfaction  to  his  party  and  con- 
stituents by  his  close  attention  to  all  legislative  matters,  and 
particularly  that  which  applies  more  directly  to  the  interest  of 
his  immediate  section.  By  his  quiet  dignity  and  courtly  man- 
ners he  has  made  many  friends  and  is  regarded  as  a  promising 
leader  in  the  future  political  arena. 

J.   E.   LYON. 

The  Eighteenth  Senatorial  District,  composed  of  the  counties 
of  Alamance,  Caswell,  Durham  and  Orange,  has  two  Senators, 
the  subject  of  this  writing  being  one.  J.  E.  Lyon  was  born  De- 
cember 22,  1845;  studied  at  the  common  schools  and  academies 
of  his  section;  was  married  December  n,  1872,  to  Miss  Vir- 
ginia F.  Duke.  He  is  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  is  a  success- 
ful one.  During  the  war  he  served  gallantly,  occupying  the 
dangerous  position  of  flag-bearer  to  the  Thirteenth  Battalion  of 
Artillery  (Orange  Light  Artillery).  In  religion,  Mr.  Lyon  is  a 
Methodist;  served  on  the  Board  of  Education  of  Durham  County 
two  years;  made  President  of  the  County  Alliance;  is  a  Popu- 
list, and  was  elected  to  the  Senate  of  '97  on  the  Populist-Demo- 
cratic fusion  ticket.  As  a  Senator,  Mr.  Lyon  has  adhered  to 
the  pledges  made  by  his  party  before  the  election,  both  in  cau- 
cus and  in  the  Senate  Chamber.  He  has  a  large  family  connec- 
tion and  many  friends  in  Durham  and  adjoining  counties,  who 
have  watched  his  Senatorial  course  with  pleasure.  Post-office, 
Durham. 

GEO.  C.  DANIELS. 

From  the  county  of  Dare,  which  takes  its  name  from  the  fact 
that  it  is  the  birth-place  of  Virginia  Dare,  the  first  white  child 
born  on  this  continent,  the  voters  have  elected  George  C.  Dan- 
iels to  represent  them  in  the  lower  house  of  the  Legislature  of 
'91  and  again  in  '97.     Was  keeper  of  life-saving  station  for 


SESvSION    OF    1897.  31 

two  years,  1877  and  1878.  Mr.  Daniels  was  born  February  1, 
'49,  and  is  the  son  of  Thomas  R.  and  Celia  T.  Daniels  (nee 
Pugh).  He  has  been  twice  married;  first  in  '68  to  Nancy  J. 
Cud  worth,  and  in  '87  to  Margaret  A.  Johnston.  His  business 
has  been  that  of  a  fisherman  since  ten  years  of  age;  was  left  an 
orphan  at  eight  days  old;  had  no  educational  advantages,  but 
has  won  his  way  in  life  by  indomitable  energy  and  unswerving 
integrity.  Mr.  Daniels  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  in  re- 
ligion a  devout  Methodist,  trusting  in  God  and  thanking  Him 
for  such  blessings  as  has  been  given  him.  A  worthy  man,  un- 
contaminated  by  the  intrigues  of  corrupt  and  trading  politicians. 
On  his  face  God  has  placed  the  mark  of  an  honest  man. 

EDWARD  S.   PARKER. 

The  Democratic  Senator  from  the  Eighteenth  District  is  Cap- 
tain Edward  S.  Parker,  of  Graham,  Alamance  County.  He  is 
the  son  of  the  late  Anthony  and  Eliza  Parker  (nee  Surls),  and 
was  born  in  Cumberland  County  fifty-eight  years  ago.  In 
December,  1863,  Captain  Parker  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen 
Northam.  He  served  gallantly  through  the  war,  and  when  it 
was  over  turned  his  attention  to  the  practice  of  the  law,  in 
which  profession  he  has  a  most  enviable  reputation,  serving 
latterly  as  the  efficient  Solicitor  of  the  Fifth  Judicial  District 
from  1890  to  1894.  Captain  Parker  is  a  life-long  Democrat, 
and  as  such  was  elected  to  the  Senate  of  1897  by  a  handsome 
majority,  his  colleague  being  a  Populist.  His  private  and  public 
life  is  without  reproach,  and  he  has  the  confidence  and  esteem 
of  all  who  have  come  in  contact  with  him.  His  influence  is 
recognized  in  the  Senate  Chamber  as  well  as  in  the  court  room 
as  a  safe  and  conservative  leader,  who  knows  what  to  do  and 
dares  to  do  it — as  a  man  of  correct  judgment  and  unusual  firm- 
ness of  purpose.     Post-office,   Graham. 

MILTON  McNEILL, 

One  of  the  Senators  from  the  Twenty-ninth  Senatorial  District, 
composed  of  the  counties  of  Catawba,  Lincoln,  Wilkes  and  Al- 
exander, was  born  in  Wilkes  County,  January  8,  1846,  from  the 
union  of  Larkin  and  Ellender  McNeill.  He  obtained  a  practi- 
cal education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  county  and 
around  the  fireside  of  his  paternal  home ;  was  happily  married 
to  Miss  Martha  A.  Barlowe,  December  25,  1862.  Early  in  life 
he  embraced  the  Christian  religion  and  united  himself  with  the 
Baptist  Church,  of  which  denomination  he  is  an  able  minister. 
Although  devoting  his  life  to  preaching  the  gospel  and  pro- 
claiming the  message  of  peace  to  mankind,  his  intrinsic  virtues, 


32  LEGISLATIVE  SKETCHES. 

practical  common  sense  and  superior  business  qualifications 
have  more  than  once  been  called  into  requisition  by  the  suf- 
frages of  his  people,  who,  unsolicited,  have  honored  him  with 
secular  positions  of  emolument  and  trust.  In  1880  he  was 
elected  Coroner  of  his  county  for  a  term  of  two  years;  served  as 
Sheriff  from  1882  to  1886,  and  as  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court 
from  1886  to  1894.  ^n  J896  he  was  elected  as  a  Republican  to 
represent  his  Senatorial  District  in  the  General  Assembly,  where 
he  has  taken  a  prominent  position  as  an  influential  and  able 
representative  of  the  people.  He  has  been  a  Republican  from 
the  organization  of  the  party,  and  as  the  years  roll  around  is 
more  firmly  convinced  of  the  righteousness  of  the  principles 
represented  by  his  party.  A  man  of  commanding  appearance, 
evenly  poised  temperament  and  great  firmness  of  purpose,  he  is 
a  representative  of  whom  any  constituency  may  well  feel  proud. 
Post-office,  Wilkesboro. 

J.   W.   BROWN, 

Of  Oxford,  Granville  County,  N.  C,  was  born  in  Portsmouth, 
Va.,  in  1846.  Was  educated  in  the  common  schools.  Married 
Miss  Fannie  Mitchell,  of  Granville  County,  in  1871,  and  for 
many  years  engaged  in  agriculture  and  trade.  Presbyterian  in 
religion  and  Populist  in  politics.  Has  been  honored  by  his  people 
in  many  ways.  Served  as  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Coroner 
a  number  of  years.  Represented  the  Twenty-first  (now  the 
Seventeenth)  District  in  the  State  Senate  in  1889.  Took  an 
active  part  in  the  fusion  campaign  of  1894  and  1896.  Published 
the  Gra?iville  County  Reformer  in  1894.  Was  elected  Enrolling 
Clerk  of  the  General  Assembly  in  1895.  Owing  to  mistakes  (to 
call  it  by  no  harsher  name)  of  subordinates  in  this  latter  posi- 
tion, was  subjected  to  considerable  notoriety,  inconvenience  and 
loss  by  being  indicted  by  the  grand  jury  of  Wake  County  for 
1 '  misconduct  in  office. ' '  Passing  through  the  ordeal  of  political 
hate  and  partisan  bigotry,  was  exonorated  by  the  Supreme 
Court,  and  a  ?iolle  prosequi  ordered  by  the  Superior  Court.  Is 
Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Granville  County,  but 
at  present  engaged  as  Finance  Clerk  in  the  General  Assembly. 
A  man  of  deep  convictions,  strong  determination  and  great  de- 
votion to  family  and  friends. 

J.  L,.   GRUBBS, 

One  of  the  Republican  Representatives  from  Forsyth  County, 
came  on  the  stage  of  life  on  the  2d  of  April,  1864,  and  attended 
school  at  Oak  Ridge  Institute.  He  is  both  a  successful  school- 
teacher and  farmer.     He  was  appointed  a  Justice  of  the  Peace 


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in  1895,  and  in  1896  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  of  '97,  where 
he  has  taken  a  high  stand  in  the  Republican  wing  of  that  body. 
Religiously,  Mr.  Grubbs  is  a  Missionary  Baptist  in  faith,  and  is 
regarded  in  his  county  as  one  of  its  sturdiest  and  best  citizens. 
Genial  and  generous,  he  is  popular  with  all  classes.  Post-office, 
Walkertown. 

J.   K.   BRYAN, 

Of  Moncure,  Chatham  County,  was  born  at  Locksville,  Novem- 
ber 25,  '48;  was  educated  at  Bingham  School  Military  Acad- 
emy; was  married  17th  of  September,  1879,  to  Miss  Louisa  Par- 
ham;  is  both  a  merchant  and  a  farmer;  has  been  Judge  of  In- 
ferior Court  of  the  county  and  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  twenty- 
five  years;  elected  to  the  House,  Sessions  of  '95  and  '97;  organ- 
ized the  Populist  party  in  Chatham  County  and  changed  the 
Democratic  majority  to  1,000  for  the  Populists.  In  religion, 
Mr.  Bryan  is  a  Presbyterian. 

ANDREW  J.   COWLES. 

The  new  Adjutant  General  of  the  North  Carolina  State  Guard, 
Andrew  J.  Cowles,  appointed  by  Governor  Russell  February 
10,  1897,  is  a  son  °f  Calvin  J.  and  Martha  T.  Cowles,  and  was 
born  in  Wilkes  County.  To  use  his  new  title,  General  Cowles 
was  educated  at  Guilford  College  and  Carolina  Military  Insti- 
tute. He  is  a  lawyer,  who  has  attained  prominence  in  his  sec- 
tion; was  lieutenant  and  then  captain  of  Iredell  Blues,  which 
company  attained  high  perfection  under  his  command.  He  has 
also  held  a  position  in  the  Revenue  service  and  been  postmas- 
ter at  Statesville.  From  birth  he  has  been  a  Republican,  and 
was  a  McKinley  elector  for  the  Seventh  District  in  the  campaign 
of  1896.  The  impression  is  that  General  Cowles  will  make  a 
highly  efficient  and  popular  officer.  He  has  always  taken  great 
interest  in  the  military  of  the  State,  and  his  ability  is  unques- 
tioned, and  every  position  he  has  held  heretofore  has  been  sat- 
isfactorily filled.     Post-office,  Statesville. 

R.   H.  W.   BARKER, 

One  of  the  Senators  from  the  Twenty-ninth  District,  was  born 
in  Iredell  County  in  1841.  WTas  educated  at  Rutherford  Col- 
lege, and  in  1882  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Alice  Ed- 
ward. Was  for  many  years  engaged  in  merchandising,  but 
latterly  engaged  in  farming,  in  which  pursuit  he  is  quite  suc- 
cessful. Served  two  years  in  the  Confederate  army  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  29th  Regiment  N.  C.  Troops.  Is  a  Methodist  in 
E.  S. 3 


34  LEGISLATIVE  SKETCHES. 

religion  and  a  Populist  in  politics.  A  safe  conservative  man  he 
commands  the  respect  of  the  Senate,  and  is  a  man  of  influence 
in  the  body.     Post-office,  Harvey,  N.  C. 

ABRAM  J.   MOYE. 

On  the  25th  of  May,  1853,  there  was  born  unto  J.  W.  and 
Henrietta  Moye,  in  the  county  of  Pitt,  a  boy  child,  whom  they 
christened  as  Abraham  J.  This  child  was  educated  at  Wake 
Forest  College  and  at  Bethany  College,  West  Virginia.  From 
school  he  returned  to  his  native  county,  and  upon  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Populist  party,  cast  his  lot  with  it,  and  in  1896  was 
elected  Senator  from  the  Sixth  District  to  the  Session  of  '97. 
Mr.  Moye  was  married  to  Cora  Edwards  in  January,  1885;  is  a 
farmer,  and  a  member  of  the  Disciples  Church.  He  believes 
members  of  the  Legislature  should  abide  by  the  majority  of  the 
party.  Is  opposed  to  bolting,  etc. ,  and  strongly  opposes  the 
lease  of  the  North  Carolina  Railroad  for  ninety-nine  years. 
Favors  better  educational  facilities,  and  economy  in  the  expen- 
ses of  State  government.     Post-office,  Farmville. 

W.  B.  Yeager,  of  Plymouth,  N.  C,  one  of  the  Senators 
from  the  Second  District,  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Maryland, 
December  15th,  1837.  Removed  to  North  Carolina  early  in 
life;  married  Miss  Ella  A.  Bradley  December  25th,  1883;  is  a 
Methodist  in  religion,  a  jeweler  by  profession;  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  the  Federal  army  in  1861;  participated  in  the  battles 
of  Fort  Fisher  and  Bennettsville,  and  retired  a  captain  in  1865. 
Supported  the  Republican  party  from  its  organization;  was 
postmaster  at  Plymouth  and  mayor  in  1888;  was  elected  State 
Senator  in  1888,  but  was  counted  out  under  the  bull-pen  system 
of  voting,     Post-office,  Plymouth. 

A.  M.  Scales,  the  Senator  from  the  Twenty-first  District 
(Guilford  County),  bears  a  well-known  and  honored  name  in 
North  Calolina.  He  is  the  son  of  Junius  L.  and  Effie  H.  (nee 
Henderson)  Scales;  was  born  on  20th  of  August,  1870,  in 
Greensboro;  educated  at  the  University  of  North  Carolina  ; 
married  6th  November,  1895,  to  Miss  Bessie  Taylor;  is  a  law- 
yer; was  city  attorney  of  Greensboro  in  1896,  and  member  of 
State  Senate  of  1 897 ;  is  a  Presbyterian  and  a  straight  Democrat, 
with  the  promise  of  a  bright  and  useful  future.  Post-office, 
Greensboro. 

J.  M.  Dickson,  of  Ashe  County,  Republican  Senator  from 
the  Thirtieth  District,  was  born  7th  March,  1833,  and  attended 
the  common  schools  when  a  boy;  was  married  to  Miss  Judy 
Halsey  in  i860;  is  a  farmer;  was  Sheriff  of  Ashe  in  1864,  and 


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elected  Clerk  Superior  Court  in  1882  and  1886,  and  to  the 
State  Senate  of  1897;  *s  a  Primitive  Baptist,  and  a  Republican. 
Post-office,  Idol. 

J.  A.  Walker,  of  Monroeton,  the  Senator  from  the  Twentieth 
District  (Rockingham),  was  born  there  March  21st,  1863,  and 
got  his  education  at  the  Reidsville  Male  Academy;  on  the  18th 
of  September,  1890,  was  married  to  Miss  Philina  Lawrence;  is 
a  farmer  and  a  Populist;  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives Sessions  '93  and  '95,  and  elected  to  the  State 
Senate  for  1897,  where  he  has  exhibited  legislative  ability  and 
made  party  and  personal  friends.     Post-office,  Monroeton. 

Sidney  Mears,  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
from  Bladen  County,  was  born  in  Brunswick  County  in  1872; 
was  educated  at  Clarkston  High  School;  was  married  in  1895  to 
Miss  Augusta  Paul.  He  is  a  farmer  and  w7as  elected  to  the 
House  of  Representatives  for  Session  of  '97  on  the  Republican 
ticket.      Post-office,  Clarkston. 

Dr.  D.  Reid  Parker,  Senator  from  the  Twenty-second  Dis- 
trict (Moore  and  Randolph  Counties),  in  the  Session  of  '97;  is 
a  Populist,  and  gained  considerable  notoriety  as  a  caucus  bolter 
in  the  early  days  of  the  session.  He  was  born  in  Sampson 
County  in  1840;  was  educated  at  Randolph  Macon  College,  and 
is  a  physician.     Post-office,  Trinity. 

Dr.  B.  T.  Person,  the  Populist  member  of  the  House  from 
Wilson  County,  first  beheld  da3Tlight  in  Greene  County  in  the 
year  1833.  He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  First  North  Carolina 
Cavalry  during  the  war,  and  has  been  a  physician  for  forty 
years.     Post-office,  Wilson. 

J.  L.  Whidbee,  the  Republican  Senator  from  Hertford 
(First  District),  was  born  in  Perquimans  County  thirty-six  years 
ago;  was  educated  at  the  State  University,  and  has  never  mar- 
ried. By  profession  he  is  a  lawyer  and  cotton-seed  exporter. 
Religiously  he  inclines  to  the  Episcopal  and  Methodist  churches. 
Post-office,  Hertford. 

W.  T.  McCarthy,  one  of  the  Senators  from  the  Eighth  Dis- 
trict; is  the  son  of  Thos.  F.  and  Elizabeth  McCarthy;  was  born 
at  Newbern,  N.  C,  his  present  home,  in   1870;  wras  educated 

at University  and  studied  law,  obtaining  license  when 

twenty-one  years  old;  wras  elected  to  a  seat  in  the  Senate  of 
1897  on  the  Republican  ticket.  Mr.  McCarthy  is  of  Irish  an- 
tecedents and  a  member  of  the  Catholic  church.  Post-office, 
Newbern. 


36  LEGISLATIVE   SKETCHES. 

John  W.  Atwater,  Senator  from  the  Nineteenth  District, 
was  born  December  27,  1840;  was  educated  at  the  common 
schools  and  academies,  and  when  about  prepared  to  enter  col- 
lege, volunteered  as  a  soldier  in  the  Confederate  service,  where 
he  served  in  the  First  North  Carolina  Regiment  throughout  the 
war,  surrendering  with  Lee  at  Appomattox  ;  was  happily  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Virginia  E.  Fearington.  When  the  Farmers'  Alli- 
ance was  organized  in  Chatham  County,  served  as  president 
two  terms,  and  afterwards  for  two  terms  as  president  of  the 
sub-alliance.  Has  represented  his  people  for  three  terms  in 
the  State  Senate,  to- wit,  Session  of  '91  as  a  Democrat,  and 
Sessions  of  '93  and  '97  as  a  Populist;  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion. Mr.  Atwater  is  regarded  as  a  safe,  prudent  legislator, 
and  is  very  popular  with  his  people. 

B.  N.  Robeson,  of  Bladen  County,  member  of  Senate  from 
Fourteenth  District,  was  born  in  1838;  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools;  served  as  Lieutenant  in  18th  N.  C.  Regiment, 
C.  S.  A. ;  was  on  County  Board  of  Education  two  years;  is  a 
Presbyterian;  a  farmer;  elected  to  Senate  of  '97  as  a  Popu- 
list.    Post-office,  Tar  Heel. 

Thomas  Bingham,  representing  Watauga  County  in  the 
House,  was  born  in  1845;  is  a  farmer  and  a  Republican;  served 
in  the  House  Sessions  of  '8i,  '87  and  '97.  Post-office, 
Amantha. 

Wm.  J.  Currie,  one  of  the  members  of  the  lower  House  from 
Robeson,  Session  of  '97,  is  a  Republican;  born  in  that  county  in 
1846.  He  was  educated  at  the  common  schools;  is  a  farmer, 
and  has  been  a  Justice  of  the  Peace.  He  is  a  Presbyterian  in 
faith.     Post-office,  Maxton. 

B.  J.  Chilcutt,  of  Brown  Summit,  Guilford  County,  is  the 
Republican  Representative  of  that  county  in  the  House.  He 
had  a  common  school-education,  and  is  a  farmer  and  mill-owner; 
was  a  militia  officer  before  the  war,  and  served  in  the  House  at 
the  sessions  of  '  87  and  '  95 .  He  inclines  to  the  Methodist  church. 
Post-office,  Brown  Summit. 

J.  A.  Reynolds,  member  of  the  House  in  the  Legislature  of 
'97  from  Montgomery  County,  is  a  Populist;  educated  at  the 
common  schools  of  his  county,  and  is  a  farmer.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  M.  E.  Church  South;  was  also  a  member  of  the  Leg- 
islature of  '95.     Post-office,  Okeweeme. 

J.  M.  Ferrele,  Representative  of  Wake  County,  was  born 
in  that  county  in  1857  and  had  a  common-school  and  academic 
education.  His  business  is  that  of  a  farmer;  has  been  a  Justice 
of  the  Peace.  In  politics  he  is  a  Populist.  Post-office,  Eagle 
Rock. 


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Joht  T.  Sharp,  of  Elm  City,  is  one  of  the  Senators,  Session 
'97,  from  the  Seventh  District;  was  born  in  1852;  son  of  W.  G. 
and  Hester  A.  Sharp;  educated  at  Trinity  College;  married  Miss 
Crafton  in  1875;  is  a  merchant  and  farmer;  was  Mayor  of  Elm 
City  three  years;  is  a  Methodist;  in  politics,  a  Republican. 

R.  J.  PetreE,  representing  Stokes  County  in  the  Legislature 
of  '97,  was  born  in  1853;  common-school  education;  is  a  farmer; 
filled  same  position  in  '93  and  '95;  belongs  to  the  Christian 
Church;  is  a  Republican.     Post-office,  Germanton. 

James  H.  Cathey,  of  Bryson  City,  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  from  Swain  County,  was  born  in  1866;  attended 
the  common  schools;  is  a  farmer,  a  Methodist  and  a  Democrat. 

J.  B.  Schulken,  of  Whiteville,  represents  Columbus  County; 
attended  the  University  of  North  Carolina,  and  is  a  lawyer;  was 
in  the  House  in  1893  and  1897.  He  is  a  Methodist  and  a  Popu- 
list. 

J.  H.  Parker,  the  member  of  the  House  from  Perquimans 
County,  spent  his  student  days  at  Hertford  Academy;  is  a  mer- 
chant-farmer; went  through  the  Confederate  Army  in  Company 
F,  27th  N.  C.  Regiment;  is  a  Baptist  and  a  Populist.  Post- 
office,  Hertford. 

Richard  EUvioTT,  representing  the  County  of  Chowan,  is 
the  son  of  Francis  and  Christian  Elliott;  was  born  November, 
1829;  attended  county  schools;  twich  married;  is  a  successful 
farmer;  has  been  postmaster  and  Justice  of  the  Peace;  was  a 
member  of  the  House  in  '74,  '75  and  again  in  '97;  in  religion, 
a  Universalist;  was  a  Democrat  before  the  war,  but  a  Republi- 
can since.     Post-office,  Cisco. 

Van  B.  Carter,  a  Representative  from  Nash  County,  was 
born  in  1850;  educated  at  common  schools;  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion, Baptist  in  religion,  and  Populist  in  politics;  chairman  of 
the  County  Executive  Committee  of  the  Populist  party ;  elected 
to  represent  Nash  County  in  the  lower  house  of  '97.  Post- 
office,  Elm  City. 

John  M.  Brower,  elected  as  a  Republican  from  Surry  County ; 
served  two  terms  in  Congress.     Post-office,  Mt.  Airy. 

L.  L.  Wrenn,  of  Siler  City,  is  a  Representative  from  Chat- 
ham County;  born  in  1861;  attended  a  school  and  business  col- 
lege, and  is  a  druggist.     In  religion  a  Methodist;  Republican. 

Maury  Ward  was  born  in  1863;  went  to  the  common-schools; 
is  a  farmer,  and  was  elected  as  a  Populist  member  of  the  House; 
is  a  Baptist.     Post-office,  Joford. 


38  LEGISLATIVE  SKETCHES. 

King  W.  White,  Representative  from  Bertie  County,  Ses- 
sion '97,  was  born  in  1853;  is  a  farmer,  a  Baptist  and  a  Repub- 
lican.    Post-office,  Windsor. 

R.  M.  Crumpler,  post-office,  Clinton,  is  one  of  the  Populist 
Senators  from  Sampson  County;  was  born  in  1846;  educated  at 
Clinton  Male  Academy,  married  Julia  C.  Herring  in  1867;  is  a 
farmer;  was  lieutenant  in  Company  A,  30th  N.  C.  Regiment, 
C.  S.  A.;  Missionary  Baptist;  elected  to  the  House  in  '95,  and 
again  to  Session  of  '97  by  a  majority  of  1,344. 

Stephen  A.  White,  member  of  the  House  from  Alamance; 
is  a  life-long  Republican;  was  born  in  1826,  and  is  a  merchent. 
He  was  in  the  State  Senate,  Session  of  '95,  of  the  House  in  '79, 
and  again  of  '97.     Post-office,  Mebane. 

Dr.  William  Merritt,  the  Populist  Senator  from  the  Sev- 
enteenth District  (Granville  and  Person),  was  born  in  Halifax 
County,  Va.,  in  1828;  was  educated  at  Milton,  N.  C,  and  Uni- 
versity of  Virginia;  was  a  member  of  Constitutional  Convention 
of  1868,  of  the  State  Senate  of  '93  and  '97.  He  is  a  Baptist  in 
religion  and  a  Populist  in  politics.     Post-office,  Bethel  Hill. 

C.  H.  Somers,  representing  Wilkes  County,  was  educated  at 
common  schools  and  academies;  is  a  merchant;  elected  to  the 
Legislature  of  '97,  and  is  a  Republican.  Post-office,  Wilkes- 
boro. 

A.  Shaw,  of  Robeson  County,  was  elected  a  Senator  for  the 
Session  of  '97  as  a  Populist.  He  is  a  farmer  by  vocation  and 
was  educated  at  the  University  of  North  Carolina.  He  also 
served  in  the  Senate  of  '95.     Post-office,  Maxton. 

W.  A.  Bailey,  Representative  from  Davie;  was  born  in  Davie 
County,  which  he  now  represents  as  a  Republican  in  the  House, 
in  1844.  He  is  a  farmer,  and  was  sheriff  of  his  county  from 
1882  to  1892.     Post-office,  Advance. 

J.  P.  H.  Adams,  member  of  the  House  from  Wake,  was  born 
in  Johnston  County,  and  had  an  academic  education.  He  has 
been  mayor  of  Cary,  Register  of  Deeds,  Chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican Executive  Committee,  and  was  elected  Sheriff  of  Wake 
in  1894.     Post-office,  Cary. 

J.  D.  Maultsby,  one  of  the  Senators  from  the  Fifteenth  Dis- 
trict, refused  to  furnish  any  information,  for  reasons  best  known 
to  himself.     He  is  registered  as  a  Republican. 


SESSION   OF    1897.  39 

A.  Clayton  Sharpk,  one  of  the  Republican  Senators  from 
the  Twenty-seventh  District,  was  born  at  his  present  home  in 
Iredell  County  April  9,  1841.  His  parents  were  Silas  D.  and 
Mary  Sharpe.  His  education  was  obtained  at  Clio  Academy, 
and  in  July,  '59,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Jane  M.  Gibson.  He 
was  scout  in  the  49th  Regiment  C.  S.  A.,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  House  in  '74-5,  '76-7,  and  of  the  Senate  in  '95  and 
'97;  was  courier  during  the  war  for  General  Robert  Ransom;  is 
a  Presbyterian  and  a  Republican.      Post-office,  Fancy  Hill. 


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located  pleasantly  in  the  centre  of  the  city,  and  pronounced  by  the  traveling  public 
to  be  the  best  moderate-priced  hotel  south  of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line. 

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DISTANCE 


From  Raleigh  to  Miles 

Cary  9 

Sanford 43 

Fayetteville   80 

Southern  Pines 69 

Hamlet  qj 

Charlotte 175 

Shelbv 229 

Franklinton 27 

Henderson 44 

Weldon     97 

Goldsboro  49 

New  Bern 109 

Morehead   144 

Wilmington 132 

Rocky  Mount 89 


From  Raleigh  to  Miles 

Tarboro         160 

Franklin,  Va   140 

Portsmouth,  Va 177 

Petersburg,  Va 150 

Richmond,  Va 173 

Danville.  Va 129 

Waynesville   311 

Charleston.  S.  C 342 

Warm  Springs 302 

Asheville 272 

Morganton 210 

Hickory   188 

Statesville is.s 

Salisbury  132 

High  Point 96 


From  Raleigh  to  Miles 

Winston  100 

Reidsville 106 

Greensboro 82 

Chapel  Hill 45 

Durham  26 

Washington,  D.  C 295 

Baltimore.    Md 355 

Philadelphia,  Pa 424 


New  York. 

Atlanta,   Ga 

Charleston,  S.  C-. 
Columbia,  S.  C  — 
New  Orleans.  La. 
Jacksonville,  Fla. 


521 
443 

280 
937 
763 


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